Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki Θεσσαλονίκη |
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Nickname(s): The co-caipital, The Bride o the Thermaic Guwf |
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Coordinates: 40°39′N 22°54′E / 40.65°N 22.9°E | |||
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Regional unit | Thessaloniki | ||
Founded | 315 BC (2333 years ago) | ||
Incorporated | 1912 (105 years ago) | ||
Municipalities | 7 | ||
Aurie | |||
• Urban | 111.703 km2 (43.129 sq mi) | ||
• Metro | 1,455.62 km2 (562.02 sq mi) | ||
Heichest elevation | 250 m (820 ft) | ||
Lawest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) | ||
Population (2011) | |||
• Rank | 2nt urban, 2nt metro | ||
• Urban[1] | 790,824 | ||
• Urban density | 7,338.8/km2 (19,007/sq mi) | ||
• Metro[1] | 1,006,730 | ||
• Metro density | 665.2/km2 (1,723/sq mi) | ||
Demonym(s) | Thessalonian | ||
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
• Simmer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
Postal codes | 53xxx, 54xxx, 55xxx, 56xxx | ||
Telephone | 231-xxx-xxxx | ||
Vehicle registration | NAx-xxxx tae NXx-xxxx | ||
Patron saunt | Saunt Demetrius (26 October) | ||
Gross metropolitan product (2009)[2] | €19.9 billion | ||
• Per capita | €17,200 | ||
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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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "'Πίνακας 1: Προσωρινά αποτελέσματα του Μόνιμου Πληθυσμού της Ελλάδος'" (PDF). National Statistical Service of Greece: Ανακοίνωση προσωρινών αποτελεσμάτων Απογραφής Πληθυσμού 2011, 22 Ιουλίου 2011. Archived frae the oreeginal (PDF) on 2012-09-18.
- ↑ "Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices at NUTS level 3". Eurostat. 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ↑ AIGES oHG, www.aiges.net. "SAE - Conventions". En.sae.gr. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
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