Sochos
Sochos is a community and a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lagkadas, of which it is a municipal unit.- Type: Town with 3,110 residents
- Description: town in Thessaloniki, Greece
- Also known as: “Zokhós”, “Σοχός Θεσσαλονίκης”, “Σοχός Λαγκαδά”, “Σωχός”, and “أسكوس، ثيسالونيكي”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Avgi and Kryoneri.
Avgi
Village
Avgi is a village of the Lagkadas municipality, northern Greece. Avgi is situated 3½ km west of Sochos.
Kryoneri
Village
Kryoneri is a village and a community of the Lagkadas municipality. Kryoneri is situated 6 km west of Sochos.
Askos
Village
Askos is a small mountain village in northern Greece, part of the municipality Lagkadas. Askos is situated 8 km south of Sochos.
Sochos
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Lagkadas, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.81847° or 40° 49′ 7″ north
Longitude
23.35528° or 23° 21′ 19″ east
Population
3,110
Elevation
620 metres (2,034 feet)
Open location code
8GG5R994+94
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Sochos” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سوخوس”
- Asturian: “Sochos”
- Bulgarian: “Сухо”
- Cebuano: “Sochós”
- Chinese: “索霍斯”
- Chinese: “薩洛尼基”
- Dutch: “Sochos”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سوخوس”
- Esperanto: “Soĥos (Σοχός)”
- Finnish: “Sochós”
- French: “Sochós”
- German: “Sochos”
- Greek: “Sochós”
- Greek: “Σοχός”
- Italian: “Sochos”
- Japanese: “ソホス”
- Macedonian: “Сухо”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sokhós”
- Persian: “سوچوز”
- Russian: “Сохос”
- Serbian: “Сухо (Грчка)”
- Serbian: “Сухо”
- Spanish: “Sochos”
- Swedish: “Sochós”
- Ukrainian: “Сохос”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Rakhovo and Δασκάλου βρύση.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Church of Agios Georgios, Sochos and ΕΛΤΑ.
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