Thessaloniki
Macedonia in northern Greece is the largest and second-most-populous region of Greece, with a population of about 2.4 million. It features scenic mountains such as Mount Olympus and the Rhodopes, the beaches of Chalkidiki, the heritage of Alexander's Kingdom of Macedon and the artistic flourishes of the Byzantine Empire.
- Type: regional unit of Greece with 1,110,000 residents
- Description: regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece
- Also known as: “GR-54”, “Nomos Thessalonikis”, “Prefectura de Tessalònica”, “Prefettura di Salonicco”, “Salonika”, “Tesalonica”, “Tesalónica”, “Tessalònica”, “Tessalônica”, “Thessaloníki”, “Thessaloníki periferieining”, “Thessaloniki prefektur”, “Thessaloníki prefektur”, “Thessaloniki Regional Unit”, “Unidad Metropolitana de Tesalónica”, “Unidad periferica de Tesalonica”, “Μητροπολιτική Ενότητα Θεσσαλονίκης”, “Ном Салоніки”, “Ном Солун”, “Номарх Салонік”, “Префектура Солун”, “Салёнікі (рэгіянальная адзінка)”, “Салоники (периферийная единица)”, “Солунско”, “Тесалоники”, “Тэсалёнікі (рэгіянальная адзінка)”, “Фессалоники”, “Թեսաղոնիկէ”, “Սալոնիկ (նոմոս)”, and “테살로니키 현”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Hagios Demetrios and Heptapyrgion.
Hagios Demetrios
Church
The Church of Saint Demetrius, or Hagios Demetrios… Hagios Demetrios is situated 5 km southwest of Thessaloniki.
Byzantine Bath
Archaeological site
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thessaloniki and Polichni.
Thessaloniki
Photo: Salonica84, Public domain.Evosmos
Suburb
Thessaloniki
- Location: Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.6667° or 40° 40′ north
Longitude
23° east
Population
1,110,000
Elevation
361 metres (1,184 feet)
Open location code
8GG5M282+M2
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Thessaloniki” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سالونيك”
- Armenian: “Սալոնիկ”
- Asturian: “Unidá periférica de Tesalónica”
- Basque: “Tesalonika (unitate erregionala)”
- Basque: “Tesalonika”
- Belarusian: “Салонікі”
- Belarusian: “Тэсалёнікі”
- Bulgarian: “Солун”
- Catalan: “unitat perifèrica de Tessalònica”
- Catalan: “Unitat perifèrica de Tessalònica”
- Cebuano: “Nomós Thessaloníkis”
- Chinese: “塞萨洛尼基专区”
- Chinese: “塞薩洛尼基專區”
- Croatian: “Prefektura Solun”
- Czech: “Soluň”
- Danish: “Thessaloniki”
- Dutch: “Thessaloniki”
- Esperanto: “Tesaloniko”
- Estonian: “Thessaloníki piirkonnaüksus”
- Finnish: “Thessaloniki”
- Finnish: “Thessalonikin alueyksikkö”
- French: “district régional de Thessalonique”
- French: “Thessalonique”
- Georgian: “სალონიკი”
- Georgian: “სალონიკის ნომი”
- German: “Saloniki”
- German: “Thessaloniki”
- Greek: “Θεσσαλονίκη”
- Greek: “Νομός Θεσσαλονίκης”
- Greek: “Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Θεσσαλονίκης”
- Ido: “Provinco Tesaloniki”
- Italian: “Salonicco”
- Japanese: “テッサロニキ県”
- Korean: “테살로니키 지구”
- Korean: “테살로니키현”
- Latin: “Thessalonica”
- Lithuanian: “Salonikų nomas”
- Macedonian: “Солун”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Thessaloniki”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Periferieininga Thessaloníki”
- Polish: “Jednostka regionalna Saloniki”
- Portuguese: “Salonica”
- Romanian: “Prefectura Salonic”
- Russian: “Салоники”
- Scots: “Thessaloniki”
- Serbian: “Solun”
- Serbian: “Солун”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Prefektura Solun”
- Slovak: “regionálna jednotka Solún”
- Slovenian: “Metropolitanska enota Solun”
- Spanish: “unidad metropolitana de Tesalónica”
- Spanish: “Unidad metropolitana de Tesalónica”
- Swedish: “Nomós Thessaloníkis”
- Turkish: “Selanik ilçesi”
- Turkish: “Selanik”
- Ukrainian: “Салоніки”
- Urdu: “تھیسالونیکی”
- Waray (Philippines): “Thessaloniki”
- Western Armenian: “Սելանիկի Նահանգ․”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Pefka and Filyro.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Philippion and Theatro Gis.
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