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Patrai

 

(Patras), a city in Greece in the Peloponnesus; a port on the Gulf of Patrai of the Ionian Sea. Capital of the Nome of Achaea. Population, 111, 600 (1971).

Patrai has a railroad station and an airport. It has textile, food-processing, paper, footwear, chemical, and metalworking industries. Exports include currants, oranges, lemons, olive oil, and wine. A university was founded in Patrai in 1966. [19–84l–4]

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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