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The Municipality of Alexander the Great came from the unity of the
communities of Galatades,
Drosero, Kariotissa,
Liparo, Palefito,
Trifili and
the settlements of Agios
Georgios and Gypsohori.
According to the census of 2001 the population is 8,128 residents and it covers
an area of 87,529 Km². It is situated in the northeast of the Pella Prefecture
and borders with the municipalities of Krya
Vrysi, Giannitsa,
Skydra, Meniis
and Kyrros.
The headquarters of the municipality are in Galatades.
The geographical position of the Municipality is its competitive advandage,
as it is only 60 Km away from Thessaloniki
and 30 Km from the capital of the Prefecture, Edessa.
At the exact same distance are situated the towns of Veria
and Naoussa of Imathia
Prefecture. Egnatia Street, which in Roman Empire era linked Constantinople
with Adriatic Sea, constitutes
the main road axis of the municipality. It links Thessaloniki with Edessa and
the ski resorts of Kaimaktsalan,
3-5 Pigadia and Seli.
The needs for lodgings are covered by the hotels of Giannitsa, Edessa and the
other cities. The Municipality is surrounded by important archeological sites,
such as Pella,
Giannitsa, Edessa
and Vergina. Further
more, apart from skiing and walking tours, visitors may get involved in other
sports, such as flying with a glider in Voras
Mountain and rowing in Loudias River in Giannitsa.
The land is flat and the residents deal with cultivation. The main
productions are asparagus, sugar-beat, peaches and tobacco. Greenhouse cultivation
is also very frequent. A great progress in exportations has been done during the
last decades, especially in export trade of asparagus.
Since the beginning of the 20th century the territory was covered
by bogs and the water of the lake of Giannitsa. Because of the falling in population,
there are not many monuments of important architecture. Even though, the extant
hagiographies of the four Byzantine churches of the area, are wonderful. As well,
remarkable is the monastery of Agios Loukas, not far away from Galatades, which
dates back to the first Byzantine centuries. A house of traditional architecture
that used to be a basis of operations, is saved in Galatades just to remind us
that in the beginning of the last century, the area was the operating center of
the fighters during the Macedonian Struggle.
This text is cited May 2005 from the Municipality of Megas Alexandros URL below
The climate in the area of the Municipality of Alexander the Great is characterized by protracted sunshine most months of the year, light winds and generally the propitious weather for the development of the cultivations. The rainfalls are distributed unequally during the year and the rain height; ranges between 390 and 550 mm. Frosts and fogs are a frequent phenomenon at night and morning hours in winter. Geomorphologicaly the area is divided in two unities. The first unit contains the slightly inclined land that is close to the foot of the Paiko Mountain, such as Drosero, Gypsohori and Trifili. The second unity contains the area of Kariotissa, Galatades and Liparo, which are described as plain. The area of Palefito is situated between these two unities. The 72.3% of the municipality's population deals with cultivation and stockbreeding. The above diagram shows the allocation of the 87,527 Km² of the municipality.
This text is cited May 2005 from the Municipality of Megas Alexandros URL below, which contains images
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