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Skaramagas,
Skaramanga,
Skaramaga,
Skaramangas or
Skaramagkas (
Greek: Σκαραμαγκά or Σκαραμαγκάς) older forms
Skaramangas and
Scaramanga is a small town in the western part of
Athens,
Greece. It is part of the municipality of Chaidari. The town has a refinery and a shipyard which mainly carry oil production to other parts of the
Mediterranean and the world. The bay area is one of the most produced oils in Greece. Athinon Avenue runs to the north which is part of
GR-8A/
E94 and with an interchange with the road to Piraeus which is in the central part of the town. In the future, Attiki Odos of the Aigaleo Ring (highway 65) will be accessed It is also located E of the
Peloponnese and
Eleusis, S of the
Attiki Odos (number 6), W of
Athens, N of
Piraeus and NE of
Perama.
Nearest places
The area was mainly made up of farmlands or unused lands in the valleys. Mixed farming was common. Urban development replaced much of the farmlands between the
1960s and the
1980s. Most of the community are rocky and bushy to the north and the south while most of the
pine forest lie to the east and is part of the Dafni forests. More forests are to the southwest within the bay. The mountaintops are to the north and diagonally to the south. The residential area lies to the northeast and the western part while shops are in the central part. The area also has an industrial area.
Skaramangas Bay (Greek: Όρμος Σκαραμαγκά
Ormos Skaramagka) is a bay that connects the southeastern part of the
Elefsina Bay and the norteastern part of the
Saronic. Part of the bay is a lagoon to the northeast. Forests including some trees lie near the bay. The shipyard named Skaramagkas Shipyard (Greek: Ναυπογείων Σκαραμαγκά
Nafpigeion Skaramagka) was opened and was named the
Hellenic Shipyard Company which the
Hellenic Navy (then Royal Hellenic Navy) in
1939 founded the
Royal Hellenic Naval Shipyard (RNHS) (now the Hellenic Naval Shipyard) in order to construct two torpedo vessels. Between
November 1978 and
May 1979, the
ship Tombazis underwent structural modifications at Hinder IV. On
September 9, 2001, the port was on sale. On
October 10, a month later, the privatization was signed. On
March 6, 2002, the port became entirely owned by a
German group of investors under the industrial leadership of
HDW, which itself became a subsidiary of
ThyssenKrupp in 2005.
The refinery near Skaramangas Bay also lies to the north and the northern part belongs to Aspropyrgos. Most of the oil are mainly exported. The oil depots are around the refinery. The mountains are west of the refinery,
Other
Skaramangas has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasium, and a square (
plateia).
Historical population
| Year |
Municipal population |
Change |
Density |
| 1981 |
29,259 |
- |
about 14,629.5/km² |
| 1991 |
2,606 |
-553/18.9% |
about 14,353/km² |
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