Nea Ionia

Greece

Nea Ionia is a town and northern suburb located within the Athens agglomeration in Greece. It serves as a municipality situated in the Attica region.

The town was named in honor of Ionia, the region in Anatolia from which many Greeks migrated during the population exchange between Greece and Turkey in the 1920s. A significant number of families residing in Nea Ionia originated from the Turkish town of Alanya.

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