Marathon

Summary

Marathon is a town^[1]. Marathon ranks in the top 2% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,049 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Marathon is located in Marathonas Municipality^[3].
• Marathon is located in Commune of Marathon^[4].
• Marathon is in the country of Greece^[5].
• Marathon's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Marathon's shares border with is recorded as Varnavas^[7].
• Marathon is named after Marathon^[8].
• Marathon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Santa Maria Capua Vetere^[9].
• Marathon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Xiamen^[10].
• Marathon's postal code is recorded as 190 07^[11].
• Marathon's Commons category is recorded as Marathonas^[12].
• Marathon's local dialing code is recorded as 2294^[13].
• Marathon's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 38.153333333333336, 'longitude': 23.961944444444445}^[14].
• Marathon's official website is recorded as https://marathon.gr/^[15].
• Marathon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Marathon, Greece^[16].
• Marathon's topic's main category is recorded as Q141367091^[17].
• Marathon has a population of {'amount': '+5260'}^[18].
• Marathon has a population of {'amount': '+4297'}^[19].
• Marathon has a population of {'amount': '+4964'}^[20].
• Marathon has a population of {'amount': '+7170'}^[21].
• Marathon has a population of {'amount': '+2313'}^[22].
• Marathon's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[23].
• Marathon's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia^[24].
• Marathon's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[25].
• Marathon's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[26].
• Marathon's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7^[27].

Body

Geography

Marathon is in the country of Greece^[5]. Located in include Marathonas Municipality^[3], a municipality of Greece^[28], in Greece^[29] and Commune of Marathon^[4].

Physical Characteristics

Marathon covers an area of {'amount': '+226.6'}^[30]. Marathon sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+44'}^[31]. Population counts include {'amount': '+5260'}^[18], {'amount': '+4297'}^[19], {'amount': '+4964'}^[20], {'amount': '+7170'}^[21], and {'amount': '+2313'}^[22].

Designation and Status

Marathon's instance of is recorded as town^[6].

History and Context

Marathon is named after Marathon^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Marathon include Lake Marathon^[32], a reservoir^[33], in Greece^[34].

Why It Matters

Marathon ranks in the top 2% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,049 views/month).^[2] Marathon has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Marathon is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for Marathon include Lake Marathon^[32], a reservoir^[33], in Greece^[34].