Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki Θεσσαλονίκη
Ceety
The White Touer
Banner Offeecial seal o Thessaloniki Seal
Nickname(s): The co-caipital, The Bride o the Thermaic Guwf
Thessaloniki
Coordinates: 40.65°N 22.9°E / 40.65; 22.9
Kintra	Greece
Region	Central Macedonie
Regional unit	Thessaloniki
Founded	315 BC (2331 years ago)
Incorporated	1912 (103 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	7,338.8/km2 (19,007/sq mi)
• Metro	1,006,730
• Metro density	665.2/km2 (1,723/sq mi)
Demonym	Thessalonian
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (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)  • Per caipita	€23.0 billion €19,800
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, while the Thessaloniki Urban Aurie (the contiguous built up aurie formin the "Ceety o Thessaloniki") haes a population o 790,824; 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.

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.

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

Commemorative stele in Melbourne.

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

See also: 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