Thessaloniki
| Thessaloniki Θεσσαλονίκη |
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| Eik-name(s): The co-caipital, The Bride o the Thermaic Guwf |
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  Thessaloniki
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| Coordinates: 40°39′N 22°54′E / 40.65°N 22.9°E | |||
| Kintra |  Greece |
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| Region |  Central Macedonie |
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| Regional unit | Thessaloniki | ||
| Founded | 315 BC (2328 years ago) | ||
| Incorporated | 1912 (100 years ago) | ||
| Municipalities | 7 | ||
| Aurie | |||
| - Urban | 111.703 km2 (43.1 sq mi) | ||
| - Metro | 1,455.62 km2 (562 sq mi) | ||
| Heichest elevation | 250 m (820 ft) | ||
| Laichest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) | ||
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| - Rank | 2nt urban, 2nt metro | ||
| - Urban[1] | 790,824 | ||
| - Urban densitie |
7,338.8/km2 (19,007.4/sq mi) | ||
| - Metro[1] | 1,006,730 | ||
| - Metro densitie |
665.2/km2 (1,722.9/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym | Thessalonian | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| - Simmer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal codes | 53xxx, 54xxx, 55xxx, 56xxx | ||
| Telephone | 231-xxx-xxxx | ||
| Vehicil registration | NAx-xxxx tae NXx-xxxx | ||
| Patron saunt | Saunt Demetrius (26 October) | ||
| Gross metropolitan product (2009) • Per caipita |
€23.0 billion[2] €19,800[2] |
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| Wabsteid | www.thessaloniki.gr | ||
Thessaloniki (Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη, IPA: [θesaloˈnici]), 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 2011 census the municipality o Thessaloniki haes a population o 322,240,[1] while the Thessaloniki Urban Aurie (the contiguous built up aurie formin the "Ceety o Thessaloniki") haes a population o 790,824;[1] makkin it the fift lairgest an maist populatit ceety in the Balkans an the seicont maist populatit ceety that is no a caipital. Furthermair, the Thessaloniki Metropolitan Aurie extends ower an aurie o 1,455.62 km2 (562.02 sq mi) an its population in 2011 reached a total o 1,006,730 inhabitants.[1]
Thessaloniki is Greece's seicont major economic, industrial, commercial an poleetical 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.[3]
Thessaloniki is hame tae numerous notable Byzantine monuments, includin the Paleochristian an Byzantine monuments o Thessalonika, a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid, as well as several Ottoman an Sephardic Jewish structurs.
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Twin touns — Sister ceeties [edit]
Thessaloniki is twinned with:
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References [edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 'Πίνακας 1: Προσωρινά αποτελέσματα του Μόνιμου Πληθυσμού της Ελλάδος'. National Statistical Service of Greece: Ανακοίνωση προσωρινών αποτελεσμάτων Απογραφής Πληθυσμού 2011, 22 Ιουλίου 2011.
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