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- Mapquest - Rafina, street map not available
- Coordinates: 38° 1' 15'' N 23° 0' 9'' E
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Rafina (Greek: Ραφήνα) is a town located in the eastern part of Attica and the peninsula. Rafina is also a port town serving ferries to the southern part of Euboea as well as most of the Cyclades. Rafina is about 30 km east of downtown Athens. Rafina is east of the Penteli mountains and northeast of the Mesogeia plain with an exception of farmlans within the coastline to the north. Rafina is divided between farmlands and forests except for the southwestern part of the municipality.
Road and sea access Rafina is accessed with Marathonos Avenue (GR-54) to the west which between 2002 and 2005 added two more lanes and became a divided avenue to the west which stretches up to Nea Makri. Another road links with Loutsa or Artemida. The Cephissus River lies to the west. Rafina is located E of Athens and the Attiki Odos (number 63), S of Nea Makri, NNE of the Eleftherios Venizelos Airport and N of Loutsa. Rafina is home to the Greek prime minister Kostas Karamanlis and his family. The beaches of Rafina is away from the port which has tavernas, hotels and accommodations throughout the coastline.
History Until the 1960s and the 1970s, most of the population were rural. As housing developments came to the area, the population boomed and also into the settlements. Division of the municipality
Other Rafina has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, banks, churches, a post office, beaches and squares (plateies). Historical population
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