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Thessaloniki

Θεσσαλονίκη
Ceety
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Eik-name(s): 
The co-caipital,
The Bride o the Thermaic Guwf
Thessaloniki is located in Greece
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Coordinates: 40°39′N 22°54′E / 40.65°N 22.9°E / 40.65; 22.9
Kintra Greece
RegionFlag of Greek Macedonia.svg Central Macedonie
Regional unitThessaloniki
Founded315 BC (2337 years ago)
Incorporated1912 (Error: Need valid year, month, day years ago)
Municipalities7
Area
 • Urban
111.703 km2 (43.129 sq mi)
 • Metro
1,455.62 km2 (562.02 sq mi)
Highest elevation
250 m (820 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Rank2nt urban, 2nt metro
 • Urban790,824
 • Urban density7338.8/km2 (19,007/sq mi)
 • Metro1,006,730
 • Metro density665.2/km2 (1,723/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Thessalonian
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal codes
53xxx, 54xxx, 55xxx, 56xxx
Telephone231-xxx-xxxx
Vehicle registrationNAx-xxxx tae NXx-xxxx
Patron sauntSaunt Demetrius (26 October)
Gross metropolitan product (2009)[2]€19.9 billion
 • Per capita€17,200
Websitewww.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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Commemorative stele in Melbourne.

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Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Greece

Thessaloniki is twinned wae:

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  1. ↑ a b c d e "'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 (PDF) frae the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 25 Julie 2012.
  2. ↑ "Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices at NUTS level 3". Eurostat. 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  3. ↑ AIGES oHG, www.aiges.net. "SAE - Conventions". En.sae.gr. Retrieved 5 Januar 2009.

Thessaloniki and the Bulgarians.History. Memory. Present. https://www.solunbg.org/en/

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