Nea Smyrni (Greek: Νέα Σμύρνη, Néa Smýrni, "New Smyrna") is a municipality and a town in South Athens, Greece.

[2] It was named after the former Greek city Smyrna (today's İzmir in Turkey), whence many refugees arrived and settled in the Nea Smyrni area following the 1922 catastrophe of Asia Minor and the Burning of Smyrna which left big parts of the city's Christian population massacred by Turkish mobs and military, during the Greco-Turkish war.

At the time, it was intersected by an avenue which connected Athens and Phalerum, the ancient port of the city.

After the Asia Minor Disaster, the government decided to construct a settlement in the area for the refugees from Smyrna.

The main thoroughfare is Andrea Syngrou Avenue, which forms the northwestern border of the municipality and connects it with central Athens and the coast.

In addition, most of this green space is covered in shrubs (cranberry, velvetleaf, myoporum and pyracantha).

[4] Nea Smyrni, owing to the proximity to the Athens Riviera, has a hot semi-arid climate.