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Kavala (Καβάλα)
A view of the castle from the sea

Location

Coordinates	40°56′N 24°24′E / 40.933, 24.4Coordinates: 40°56′N 24°24′E / 40.933, 24.4
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation (min-max):	0 - 53 m (0 - 174 ft)
Government
Country:	Greece
Periphery:	East Macedonia and Thrace
Prefecture:	Kavala
Districts:	15
Population statistics (as of 2001^[1])
City Proper
- Population:	63,293
- Area:^[2]	112.6 km² (43 sq mi)
- Density:	562 /km² (1,456 /sq mi)
Codes
Postal codes:	65x xx
Area codes:	2510
License plate codes:	KB
Website
http://www.cityofkavala.gr

Kavala (Greek and Turkish, as Kavála, Kavalla), is a town in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala prefecture. It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos.

1 History
2 Twinnings
3 Postage stamps
4 Other
5 Historical population
6 Notable Figures
7 Subdivisions
8 References
9 External links
10 See also

It was originally founded by settlers from Paros in about the 6th century BC, who called it Neapolis ("new city"). Neapolis was a town of Macedonia, and the haven of Philippi, from which it was distant 10 M. P. It probably was the same place as Datum (Δάτον), famous for its gold mines (Herod. ix. 75; comp. Böckh, Pub. Econ. of Athens, pp. 8, 228, trans.), and a seaport, as Strabo (vii. p. 331) intimates: whence the proverb which celebrates Datum for its good things. (Zenob. Prov. Graec. Cent. iii. 71; Harpocrat. s. v. Δάτος.) Scylax does, indeed, distinguish between Neapolis and Datum; but, as he adds that the latter was an Athenian colony, which could not have been true of his original Datum, his text is, perhaps, corrupt in this place, as in so many others, and his real meaning may have been that Neapolis was a colony which the Athenians had established at Datum. Zenobius (l. c.) and Eustathius (ad Dionys. Perieg. 517) both assert that Datum was a colony of Thasos; which is highly probable, as the Thasians had several colonies on this coast. If Neapolis was a settlement of Athens, its foundation was, it may be inferred, later than that of Amphipolis. Neapolis also minted coins in antiquity.

It became a Roman civitas in 168 BC, and was a base for Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC, before their defeat in the Battle of Philippi. (Appian, B.C. iv. 106; Dion Cass. xlvii. 35.) The Apostle Paul landed at Kavala on his first voyage to Europe (Acts, xvi. 11), and in Byzantine times the city was called Christoupolis by the Greeks and Morunets by the local Bulgarians.

Picture of the port and downtown

Kavala was part of the Ottoman Empire from 1371 to 1912. Mehmet Ali was born here in 1769. Some of its most recognisable landmarks is a Byzantine castle, in the hill of Panagia, and an aqueduct rebuilt by Suleiman II during his reign. The latter two still serve today as symbols of the city.

Theodoros Zagorakis, the captain of the Greece national football team that stunned the football world by winning EURO 2004, is a native of Kavala.

Cavalle 4pi

Between 1893 and 1903, the French post office in the city issued its own postage stamps; at first stamps of France overprinted with "Cavalle" and a value in piasters, then in 1902 the French designs inscribed "CAVALLE".

View of Kavala

Kavala has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, banks, a post office, a sporting centre and squares (plateies).
Kavala is one of the largest cities including Heraklio that does not have a train station in Greece.
Kavala FC is the football team of the town.
Cosmopolis International Festival, one of the biggest ethnic festivals in Greece.

Year	Population	Change	Municipal population	Change	Density
1981	56,705	-	-	-	-
1991	56,571	-134 or -0.24%	60,187	-	-
2001	58,663	+2,092 or +3.7%	63,293	+3,106 or +5.16%	566/km²

Athanasios Benakidis, MD | Cardiologist September 1930, October 1996
Despina Vandi, a Greek singer
George Georgiadis
Muhammad Ali Pasha of Kavala, ruler of Egypt between 1805–1848
Nikos Vertis
Sofoklis Schortsianitis (b. June 22, 1985), professional basketball player with Olympiakos
Theodoros Zagorakis (b. October 27, 1971), captain of the Euro 2004 champions, currently chairman of PAOK.
Vasilis Vasilikos (b. November 18, 1934), a Greek writer
Zisis Vryzas (b. November 9, 1973), member of the Greece national football team that won Euro 2004, currently playing for PAOK FC
Vasilis Karas,a Greek singer
the artists Kelekis, Koukmas, Anthakis, Vizovitis, Zaharopoulos.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith (1857).

^ PDF (875 KB) 2001 Census (Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ). www.statistics.gr. Retrieved on 2007-10-30.
^ (Greek) Basic Characteristics. Ministry of the Interior. www.ypes.gr. Retrieved on 2007-08-07.