- Inception
- 7th millennium BCE
- Capital of
- Greece, Kingdom of Greece, Duchy of Athens, 4th of August Regime, Attica Prefecture, Attica Region, Athens Municipality, Greek junta, Second Hellenic Republic, Decentralized Administration of Attica, Third Hellenic Republic, Greater Athens
- Population
- 30969, 41298, 643452, 789166, 816556, 664046, 565084
- Area
- 39
- Elevation
- 74 m
- category for honorary citizens of entity
- Q32030186
- demonym
- атиня̀ни, Atenano, Athenian, Athénienne, Athénien, atenian, ateniesi, Ἀθηναῖος, Атињани
- described by source
- Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyklopedja Kościelna, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
- head of government
- Anárgyros Petrákis, Aggelos Gerontas, Dimitrios Kallifronas, Aggelos Gerontas, Dimitrios Kallifronas, Dimitrios Misaraliotis, Anárgyros Petrákis, Spyridon Benizelos, Nikolaos Zacharitsas, Ioannis Koniaris, Konstantinos Galatis, Spyridon Benizelos
- local dialing code
- 210
- native label
- Αθήνα, Ἀθῆναι
- nickname
- City of the Violet Crown, The Classic City, Πόλη του Ιώδους Στέμματος, Η Κλασική Πόλη
- number of viewers/listeners
- 265113
- official name
- Αθήνα
- postal code
- 104 00–106 99, 111 00–118 99, 121 00–124 99
- twinned administrative body
- Amsterdam, Athens, Ashgabat, Barcelona, Beijing, Beirut, Bethlehem, Bogotá, Bucharest, Casablanca, Chicago, Damascus
- vehicle registration plate code
- BK, BM, BN, BP, HY, IA, IB, IE, IK, IM, IO, IP