Ptolemaida
Ptolemaida
Πτολεμαΐδα | |
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UTC+3 (EEST) | |
Postal code | 502 00 |
Area code(s) | 24630 |
Vehicle registration | KZ |
Website | www.ptolemaida.gr |
Ptolemaida (
Name
During the
History
According to archaeologists, the Ptolemaida region has been occupied since 6000 BC.[6]
Neolithic period
Archaeologists, in November 2005, discovered the remains of two farming villages dating back to the Neolithic period. A press report notes that such farming villages were trading centres and had a "developed knowledge of metalworking".[6]
A golden necklace dating to roughly 4500 BC was discovered on February 16, 2006.[6] Associated Press reporter Costas Kantouris describes the item as a "flat, roughly ring-shaped [which] probably had religious significance and would have been worn on a necklace by a prominent member of society."[6]
Lately in the lake Zazari near Ptolemaida there were found 16 houses that belong in the Neolithic era due to archaeologists. These houses were in the lake and were exposed because of the decreased water level of the lake. That particular small settlement gives information about the society and the people in the Neolithic era.
Archaic period
In the area of Ptolemaida many archeological findings have occurred in the last 30 years due to mining operations. Ceramic artifacts, dating to the 6th century BC have been found at two sites near Grevena and Ptolemaida. Archaeologists found the artifacts at two prehistoric farming settlements. Two Ancient Macedonian graves have also been found in the area of Ptolemaida, dated from the 5th century BC.
Macedonian Period
In 336 BCE the area around Ptolemaida came under the control of expanding Kingdom of Macedon under Philip II. The Land of the Chords and the whole region of Eordea was fully incorporated into Macedon under Philip II and later his successor Alexander. Two of the six generals of Alexander the Great, Ptolemy I Soter, founder of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, and Aristones are claimed to hail from Eordaia. [citation needed]
Hellenistic period
With the death of Alexander, his empire was divided and
Roman period
For the period of Roman times we have a lot of information from historians referring to the region of Ptolemais and Eordaia. The Roman Egnatia highway, which was detached from the main artery after leaving the Straits of the Key, led to present-day Kozani and then, through the Sarantaporos Strait, to Thessaly. In 395, Ptolemaida and all of Macedonia became part of the
Byzantine period
At various times, Ptolemaida was part of the First Bulgarian Empire, Latin Empire, the Kingdom of Thessalonica, Second Bulgarian Empire, the Empire of Nicaea, the Despotate of Epirus and Serbian Empire.[citation needed]
Ottoman period
During the Ottoman period, Ptolemaida was called Kayılar, and it had two parts: Aşağı Kayılar and Yukarı Kayılar. Aşağı Kayılar was Bektaşi[citation needed] and Yukarı Kayılar was Rufai,[citation needed] Hanefi.[citation needed]
Before 1360, large numbers of
Modern period
Ptolemaida was occupied by the Greek forces on 15 October 1912 during the First Balkan War, and later incorporated into Greece. In 1924, the Turkish population was exchanged with Greeks from Anatolia following the population exchange between Greece and Turkey. Since then, Ptolemaida became a majority Greek city once again. In the 1970s, Greece's largest coal-fired power plants were built in the region of Ptolemaida, these increased pollution and it is expected these will be shut down by the year 2028.[7]
Culture
Ptolemaida's football club is called "
Economy
The most important lignite deposits in Greece are located in the north of the country at Ptolemais-Amynteon and
Education
The School of Health Sciences of University of Western Macedonia with two departments (Occupational Therapy and Midwifery) based in the city.[8]
Climate
The city, situated in the middle of the Eordaia plain of Western Macedonia, has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) with continental (Dfa) influences. Summers can be hot with thunderstorms in unsettled spells, whereas winters are among the coldest in Greece. It was here that the absolute low temperature record of Greece was recorded (−27.8 °C (−18 °F) on 27 January 1963). [9]
Demographics
According to the 1911 edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, the first settlers of the city were Turks following the conquest of Macedonia by the Ottoman Empire. The Turks remained the majority until the population exchange of 1924. Between 1924 and 1926, Greeks escaping from Anatolia settled here and became the majority.
The current municipal unit of Ptolemaida is constituted by the city of Ptolemaida and 11 small communities. At the 2021 census, the population of the city was 31,575 residents. The total population of the municipality Eordaia in 2021 was 42,515 residents.[1]
Year | Community | Municipal unit |
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1940 | 7,719 | - |
1951 | 8,816 | - |
1961 | 12,747 | - |
1971 | 16,588 | - |
1981 | 22,109 | - |
1991 | 25,125 | 32,775 |
2001 | 30,017 | 36,393 |
2011[10] | 32,142 | 37,289 |
2021[1] | 31,575 | 35,334 |
Geography
The city lies in the valley of Eordaia, between the Askio mountains to the southwest and the Vermio mountains Turkish: Karlıdağ to the northeast. It is located north of Kozani, east of Kastoria, south of Florina, and south-west of Edessa. The municipal unit has an area of 217.901 km2, the community (the city proper) has an area of 57.508 km2.[11] Motorway 27 (Kozani-Florina, part of E65) passes east of the city. Ptolemaida was the seat of the former province of Eordaia.
Friendship towns
Ptolemaida is twinned with:[12]
People
- Pantelis Kapetanos, football player
- Ieroklis Michailidis, actor
- Stiliani Papadopoulou, hammer thrower
- Iordanis Konstantinidis, Greco-Roman wrestler
- Mazlum Kayalar , Turkish Politician
- Yıldız Eruçman,Yıldız Kayalar Eruçman (born 1919) was the first Turkish female parachutist.
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- ^ a b c d e f Bourchier, James David (1911). Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 217. . In
- ^ "Πανδέκτης: Kailaria -- Prolemais". pandektis.ekt.gr. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ "Ptolemaida Web Portal" (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2011-07-09. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
- ^ a b c d Kantouris, Costas (February 16, 2006). "Greek Hiker Finds 6,500-Year-Old Pendant". AP.
- ^ Todorović, Igor (2021-04-08). "Greece officially writes off four coal-fired thermal power units". Balkan Green Energy News. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
- ^ "Schools and Departments".
- ^ Group), Radiotileoptiki S. A. (OPEN Digital (January 1, 1980). "-27,8 βαθμοί: Η περιοχή με τη χαμηλότερη θερμοκρασία στην ιστορία της Ελλάδας τον «χειμώνα των πάγων»". ΕΘΝΟΣ.
- ^ "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
- ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
- ^ "Twinnings" (PDF). Athens: Central Union of Municipalities & Communities of Greece. Retrieved 2015-06-16.