Thebes
modern city in Boeotia, Greece
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Summary
Thebes is a city[1]. Thebes ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,745 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Thiva Municipality[3], Commune of Thiva, Viotia[4]
- Country: Greece[5]
- Postal code: 32200[6]
- Commons category: Thebes, Greece[7]
- Patron saint: John Kaloktenes[8]
- Local dialing code: 2262[9]
- Inception: 2000 BC[10]
- Significant event: Siege of Thebes[11], Battle of Thebes[12]
- Official website: https://thiva.gr[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Thiva[14]
- Population: 21,545[15], 21,929[16], 20,038[17], 22,883[18]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[19], Q24506395[20], Q45272993[21], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[23], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[24], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[25], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[26], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[27]
- Replaces: Thebes[28]
- Official name: Θήβα[29]
- Category for people born here: Q60462956[30]
- Native label: Θήβα[31]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Thebes, Greece[32]
- Different from: Thebes[33]
- Elevation above sea level: 221 m[34]
- Area: 830 km²[35]
Why It Matters
Thebes has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Thebes is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]