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Patras

Patras is a city in the north-west of the Peloponnese peninsula, Greece. It is the capital of the Achaea prefecture. Patras has a population of 215,000 and a metropolitan population of 662,000. The city is built at the foothills of Mount Panachaikon, overlooking the Gulf of Patras. Patras is a busy commercial and industrial centre and a major seaport. Its industries include shipbuilding, engineering, textiles, food processing and chemicals. The port of Patras is the third largest in Greece after Piraeus and Thessaloniki. Patras is also a major tourist centre and a regional centre for the arts.

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