Place:Nikaia, Peiraios, Attikis, Greece

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NameNikaia
Alt namesNikeasource: Wikipedia
Níkaiasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCity or town
Coordinates37.967°N 23.617°E
Located inPeiraios, Attikis, Greece
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Nikaia (Níkaia), known before 1940 as Kokkinia (Kokkiniá), is a suburb in the southwestern part of the Athens Urban Area, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nikaia-Agios Ioannis Rentis, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.

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History

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In August 17, 1944, took place the Executions of Kokkinia. It was the largest Nazi roundup and one of the largest-scale war crimes perpetrated during the German occupation of Greece.

Nikaia, like many other places around Greece, owes its population eruption to Greek refugees who left the Asia Minor coast after the 1922 war ended. It was part of the municipality of Piraeus until 1933, when it became a separate municipality, then still under the name Nea Kokkinia. It was renamed to Nikaia in 1940.[1][2]

The 8th International Tournament of Nikaia, a chess tournament, took place between August 19 and 27, 2000. The Greek Weightlifting Grand Prix took place in Nikaia on December 9 and 10, 2003.

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Historical population

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Year Municipality
1981 90,368
1991 87,597
2001 93,086
2011 89,380
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