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Amaliada
Europe is one of the five inhabited traditional continents of the Earth. Physically and geologically, Europe is the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, west of Asia. Europe is the world's second-smallest continent in terms of area and third-largest continent after Asia and Africa in population.
Amaliada is a town in the western Peloponnese, in Greece. It has 32,040 citizens of which about 18,000 live in the city and the rest lives within Amalias. It is near the archaeological site of Elis, the city-state whose territory was the site for the ancient Olympic Games. It is situated on the valley of Elis and almost directly south of the Pineios River, 80 kilometers from Patras, 7 kilometers form Savalia, 5 kilometers from Kourouta, 20 kilometers from Pyrgos 291 kilometers from Athens and 5 kilometers from the Ionian sea. It is ranked the second largest city in Ilia. It is the westernmost city in the Peloponnese and was named after Queen Amalia in the 1830s by merging two communes, Kalitsa and Dervitselepi, into Amalias. The population in 2001 was 32,090.
It features city square with beautiful pine trees and a fountain. Local streets are mainly in grid order running almost due north, south, east, and west. On the east side, Amaliada has a lake and public stadium largely used for soccer. Amaliada hospital and the monastery of Aghia Frangavilli lie to its southeast. Amaliada has one train station located west of the city square and two in the municipal district. A street in Amaliada's west side is named Hiroshima in memory of the victims of the destruction of Hiroshima at the end of World War II. The beaches of Kourouta and Palouki are further to the west. The radio station for this community is the RSA, Radio Station of Amalia. The soccer team which plays for the juniors or the tertiary league is Asteras Amaliadas.
Amaliada is definitely one of the popular tourist attractions in Europe. It is worth paying a visit while touring the country. This place leaves a pleasing and unforgettable memory and justifies the proud cultural tradition of Europe.
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