{{Infobox settlement | name = Rouf | native_name = Ρουφ | native_name_lang = el | settlement_type = Neighborhood | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | nickname = | motto = | mottoeng = | image_map = Rouf in Athens.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location within Athens | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Athens | coordinates = {{coord|37|58|25|N|23|42|13|E|region:GR|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Greece]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Modern regions of Greece|Region]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Attica]] | subdivision_type2 = City | subdivision_name2 = [[Athens]] | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | established_title = | established_date = | timezone1 = | utc_offset1 = | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 118 54, 177 78 | area_code_type = | area_code = 210 | iso_code = | website = [http://www.cityofathens.gr www.cityofathens.gr] | footnotes = }} '''Rouf''' ({{langx|el|Ρουφ}} {{IPA|el|ˈɾuf|pron}}) is a [[neighborhood]] of [[Athens]], [[Greece]]. It is located to the west of the Athens centre, between Piraeus and Petrou Ralli Avenue. Rouf is named after a [[Bavaria]]n businessman who, during [[Otto of Greece|Otto's]] reign, bought large areas in this location to make a farm. When the railway passed through this area, the local station was named Rouf.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ρουφ: Απ΄ το βουστάσιο στον...πολιτισμό|url=http://www.theinsider.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20106:royf-ap-to-boystasio-stonpolitismo&catid=110:other-blogs&Itemid=163|publisher=theinsider.gr|accessdate=23 March 2015}}</ref> During the interwar period, a camp was built in Rouf. In 1947, the local team of Rouf was founded under the name Asteras Rouf and later renamed to [[PAO Rouf]].<ref>{{cite web|title=ΠΑΟ Ρουφ|url=http://www.paorouf.gr/index.php/2014-11-17-13-18-43|publisher=paorouf.gr|accessdate=23 March 2015}}</ref>
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{{Geographic location | North = [[Tavros]], [[Votanikos]], [[Gazi]] | West = [[Tavros]] | Centre = Rouf | East = [[Petralona]] | South = [[Tavros]], [[Petralona]] }} {{Athens}}
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