Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki (Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη, Template:IPA-el), Thessalonica, or Salonica is the seicont-lairgest ceety in Greece an the caipital o the periphery o Central Macedonie. Its honorific title is Συμпρωτεύουσα (Symprotévousa), literally "co-caipital", a reference tae its historical status as the Συμβασιλεύουσα (Symvasilévousa) or "co-reignin" ceety o the Byzantine Empire, alangside Constantinople. Accordin tae the 2001 census, the municipality o Thessaloniki haed a population o 363,987, its Urban Aurie 800,764 an the Lairger Urban Zone (LUZ) of Thessaloniki haes an estimated 995,766 residents (2004).

Thessaloniki is Greece's seicont major economic, industrial, commercial an political centre, an a major transportation hub for the rest o sootheastren Europe; its commercial port is an aa o great importance for Greece an its sootheast European hinterland. The ceety hosts an annual International Trade Fair, the Internaitional Thessaloniki Film Festival, an the lairgest bi-annual meetin o the Greek diaspora.

Thessaloniki is hame tae numerous notable Byzantine monuments, includin the Paleochristian an Byzantine monuments o Thessalonika, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as well as several Ottoman an Sephardic Jewish structures.

Internaitional relations

Commemorative stele in Melbourne.

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

See an aw: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Greece

Thessaloniki is twinned with:

Hartford, Unitit States, syne 5 Mairch 1962 Alexandria, Egyp, syne 12 Julie 1993 Bologna, Italy, syne 20 October 1984 Bratislava, Slovakie, syne 23 Aprile 1986 Constanţa, Romanie, syne 5 Julie 1988 Akhisar, Turkey, syne 25 August 1988 Kolkata, Indie syne 1 Januar 2005 Korçë, Albanie syne 14 October 2005 Leipzig, Germany, syne 17 October 1984 Limassol, Cyprus, syne 30 Juin 1984 Melbourne, Australie syne 19 Mairch 1984 Nice, Fraunce, syne 29 Mairch 1992 Plovdiv, Bulgarie, syne 27 Februar 1984 San Francisco, Unitit States, syne 6 Augus 1990 Tel Aviv, Israel, syne 24 November 1994 Amasya, Turkey, syne 25 August 2001 Tianjin, Cheenae, syne 4 Mairch 2002 Dongguan, Cheenae, syne 24 October 2008 Busan, Republic o Korea, syne 8 Mairch 2010

Collaborations Boston, Unitit States, syn 21 Aprile 1996 Brooklyn Center, Unitit States syne 5 Julie 1992 Budapest, Hungary, syne 5 Aprile 1993 Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, syne 18 Aprile 2003 Gyumri, Armenie, syne 23 November 2000 Marseille, Fraunce, syne 4 Juin 1991 Philadelphia, Unitit States, syne 1 Aprile 2004 Saunt Petersburg, Roushie, syne 2003 Shenyang, Cheenae syne 23 Mairch 2000 Toronto, Canadae, syne 5 September 1986 Venice, Italy, syne 17 Julie 2003 Tripoli, Libie, syne 23 Juin 2007 İzmir, Turkey, syne 6 Februar 2009

References

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