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Sykia

Sykia is a village on the peninsula in , . It is a traditional village in the peninsula and has been inhabited since the Byzantine period. Modern Greek singers Sokratis Malamas and Paola Foka both grew up in Sykia.
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  • Type: Town with 1,900 residents
  • Description: village in Chalkidiki, Greece
  • Also known as: “Sikéa”, “Sikiá”, and “Sykia, Chalkidiki”
  • Postal code: 63072

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Toroni and Sarti.

Village
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is an ancient Greek city and a former municipality in the southwest edge of peninsula in , . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality , of which it is a municipal unit. is situated 7 km southwest of Sykia.

Photo: Palickap, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the Sithonia municipality on the peninsula, . It had a population of 1,054 in the census of 2021. The name comes from the nearby Ancient Greek settlement of Sarta but the current village was settled after 1923 by Greek refugees from the island of Afissia after the Greco-Turkish War and population exchange.

Hamlet
Photo: Klearchos Kapoutsis, CC BY 2.0.
is a natural harbour in . The harbour was mentioned by the historian Thucydides. German submarines used it during World War II because of its geographical location and direct access to the . is situated 8 km south of Sykia.

Sykia

Latitude
40.03879° or 40° 2′ 20″ north
Longitude
23.9417° or 23° 56′ 30″ east
Population
1,900
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
Open location code
8GG52WQR+GM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 135551009
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
734299
Wiki­data ID
Q695163
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Swedish—“Sykia” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σάρτη”
  • Arabic: “سيكي، هالكيديكي”
  • Arabic: “سيكي”
  • Bulgarian: “Сикия”
  • Cebuano: “Sykiá”
  • Chinese: “賽基亞”
  • Dutch: “Sykia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سيكى”
  • Finnish: “Sykiá”
  • French: “Sykia”
  • French: “Sykiá”
  • German: “Sykia”
  • Greek: “Sykiá”
  • Greek: “Συκέα”
  • Greek: “Συκιά Χαλκιδικής”
  • Greek: “Συκιά”
  • Irish: “Sykia”
  • Latin: “Sarto”
  • Macedonian: “Сиќа”
  • Macedonian: “Шиќа”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sykiá”
  • Persian: “سیکی (یونان)”
  • Persian: “سیکی”
  • Russian: “Сикея”
  • Serbian: “Sikia”
  • Serbian: “Сикиа”
  • Serbian: “Сикија (Халкидики)”
  • Serbian: “Сикија”
  • Spanish: “Sikia”
  • Spanish: “Sykia”
  • Swedish: “Sykiá”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sykia”. Photo: W.Horseman, CC BY-SA 3.0.