What is Ptolemaida?
[[File:Ptolemaida, Kozani prefecture, Greece - aerial view.jpg|thumb|View of Ptolemaida from the air.]] [[File:Flag of Greek Macedonia.svg|thumb|150px|Flag]] '''Ptolemaida''', was named at the Ottoman period '''Kayılar''', is a [[Greece|Greek]] town in the [[Kozani prefecture]] in the region of [[Macedonia (Greece)|Macedonia]]. The city is best known for its coal mines of lignite and power station. It has been also called by Greek people ''The Socket of [[Greece]]'' because it has very strong power stations.<ref>[http://wikimapia.org/1750234/Ptolemaida Power stations and coal mines in Ptolemaida]</ref> Its population is 28.679 inhabitants according to the 2001 [[census]]. Ptolemaida is the biggest industrial, trade, and rural city of the prefecture and one of the most developed cities in industry in Greece. Once The [[Turkish people|Turkish]] rural population was mainly of [[Konariotes]] shepherds. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== [http://www.ptolemaida.gr/ Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214205606/http://www.ptolemaida.gr/ |date=2009-12-14 }} [[Category:Towns in Greece]]