Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki; Θεσσαλονίκη
	Ceety
	Thessaloniki
	Banner Official seal of Thessaloniki Seal
	Eik-name(s): The co-caipital,; The Bride o the Thermaic Guwf
	Thessaloniki
	Coordinates: 40°39′N 22°54′E / 40.65°N 22.9°E
Kintra	Greece
Region	Central Macedonie
Regional unit	Thessaloniki
Founded	315 BC (2339 years ago)
Incorporated	1912 (Error: Need valid year, month, day years ago)
Municipalities	7
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)
• Rank	2nt urban, 2nt metro
• Urban	790,824
• Urban density	7338.8/km2 (19,007/sq mi)
• Metro	1,006,730
• Metro density	665.2/km2 (1,723/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Thessalonian
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
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)	€19.9 billion
• Per capita	€17,200
Website	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.

Internaitional relations

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Thessaloniki is twinned wae:

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
Dnipro, 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

↑ ^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.
↑ "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. Archived frae the original on 14 Mairch 2009. Retrieved 5 Januar 2009.

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[2011census-1] "'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.

[Eurostat_GDPs-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. Archived frae the original on 14 Mairch 2009. Retrieved 5 Januar 2009.

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