Statistics
Periphery:	Central Macedonia
Capital:	Thessaloniki
Area:	3,560 km²
Elevation:	Lowest: Thermaic Gulf Highest: Vertiskos?
Inhabitants:	1,046,851(2001) Ranked 2nd The peripheries (περιφέρειες) are the subnational subdivisions of Greece. ... Categories: Greece geography stubs ... Thessaloníki (Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη; IPA ) is the second-largest city of Greece and is the principal, the largest city and the capital of the Greek region of Macedonia. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... The Thermaic Gulf (or Thermian Gulf) is a gulf of the Aegean Sea located immediately south of Thessaloniki, east of Pieria and Imathia, and west of Chalkidiki (prefectures of Greece). ... Following is a list of Greek prefectures ordered by number of inhabitants. ...
Population density:	294.05/km² Ranked 2nd Following is a list of Greek prefectures ordered by population density. ...
ISO 3166-2:	GR-54
FIPS code:	GR13
Car designation:	N (Thessaloniki)
Number of provinces:	2
Number of municipalities:	43
Number of independent communes:	2
Area/distance code:	2310 - Thessaloniki 11-30-232x0 (030-232x0) - outskirts
Postal code	54x xx through 57x xx
Name of inhabitants:	Thessalonican sing. -s pl.
2-letter abbreviation/HASC:	TN
Website:	www.nath.gr (also in Greek)
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Thessaloniki (Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη) is a nomos (prefecture) in Greece, containing Thessaloniki, Lagana and the northern portion of the Chalcidicean peninsula. The prefecture is the second in Greece and the largest in Macedonia as well as northern Greece. ISO 3166-2:GR are ISO 3166-2 codes for Greece. ... FIPS could mean Federal Information Processing Standard, publicly announced standards developed by the U.S. Federal government. ... The Greek car license plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (f. ... This is an alphabetical list by town of dialing codes in Greece. ... Here are list of postal codes in Greece. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Nomos (plural: Nomoi) can refer to: the prefectures of Greece, the administrative division immediately below the peripheries of Greece (Greek: νομός, νομοί) the subdivisions of Ancient Egypt, see Nome (subnational division) law (Greek: νόμος, νόμοι). It is the origin of the suffix -onomy. ... The term prefecture (from the Latin Praefectura) indicates the office, seat, territorial circonscription of a Prefect; consequentally, like that word, is its applied in English in relation to actual Prefects, whose title is just that (or the forms it takes in other, especially Romance, languages), in the broadest sense in...

Geography

The prefecture stretches from the Thermian Gulf to the Strymon Gulf. The Thermian Gulf is to the southwest while the Strymon Gulf is in the east. Two bodies of water stretch to the north, the Lagkada Lagoon in the heart of the prefecture and Lake Volvi to the east. The mountains are in the central and the northern parts, farmlands are in the western and the southwestern part and few to the northeast, the northern portion and along the Axios valley. The mountains include the Chortiatis to the westcentral part, the Vertiskos to the north and parts of the Kerdylio mountains to the northeast. The prefectures is bounded with the Imathia prefecture to the southwest, Pella to the west, Kilkis to the north, Serres to the east and Chalkidiki to the south The Thermaic Gulf (or Thermian Gulf, Thermaikos Gulf) is a gulf of the Aegean Sea located immediately south of Thessaloniki, east of Pieria and Imathia, and west of Chalkidiki (prefectures of Greece). ... The Struma (Bulgarian: Струма, Greek: Strimonis, Turkish: Karasu (meaning black water in Turkish)) is a river in Bulgaria and Greece. ... Bolbe (He Bolbe limne, Greek: Λίμνη Βόλβη, modern: Limni Volvi) was the name of a lake in Mygdonia, located at no great distance from the Aegean Sea. ... The Vardar (or Axios) is the principal river of the Macedonian region of south-eastern Europe. ... Imathia (Greek: Ημαθία) is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ... For other places named Pella, see: Pella (disambiguation). ... Kilkis (Greek: Κιλκίς, Bulgarian/Macedonian (Slavonic): Кукуш; transliterated KukuÅ¡ or Kukush) is a prefecture in Central Macedonia, Greece. ... Serres prefecture Seres or Serrai (Greek: Νομός Σερρών Nomos Serron) is a prefecture located in east northeastern Macedonia and is the second northernmost not in point. ... Categories: Greece geography stubs ...

Climate

Its climate includes hot Mediterranean summers and cool to mild winters in low lying areas and its plains. Winter is very common in areas 500 m above sea level and into the mountains.

Transportation

Roads and Highways

The area is connected by roads and highways

• Greece Interstate 1/E75 (superhighway), SW, W, NW
• Greece Interstate 2/E90 (partially superhighway), NW, Cen., E
• Greece Interstate 4/E90, the Via Egnatia, Cen., SW
• Greece Interstate 12 (superhighway), NW
• Greece Interstate 18, SW
• Thessaloniki Bypass

Greece Interstate 1 is one of the longest highways in Greece. ... The E75 is part of the Trans European Road Network, which is a series of main roads in the European Union. ... Via Egnatia (Greek: Εγνατία Οδός) was a road constructed by the Romans around 146 BC. It was named after Gaius Ignatius, proconsul of Macedonia, who ordered its construction. ... Via Egnatia Via Egnatia (Greek: Εγνατία Οδός) was a road constructed by the Romans around 146 BC. It was named after Gaius Ignatius, proconsul of Macedonia, who ordered its construction. ...

Other

• Transit System (Thessaloniki)
• Future Thessaloniki Subway System

Communications

Most of the stations are in the city. Here are list of stations outside the city:

• Thermi TV - Thermi

Sporting teams

Basketball teams

• Aris
• Iraklis
• PAOK

Football/Soccer teams

• Aris
• Iraklis
• PAOK

Aris F.C. Logo Aris FC is a Greek football club, part of the Aris sports club established in 1914, in the city of Thessaloniki. ... PAOKs crest PAOK FC, Panthessalonikios Athlitikos Omilos Konstantinoupoliton Football Club ( Greek: ΠΑΕ ΠΑΟΚ, Ποδοσφαιρική Αθλητική Ένωση Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινουπολιτών) stands for Panthessalonikian Athletic Club of Constantinople and is a Greek football club, founded in Thessaloniki in 1926. ...

Municipalities

Evosmos is the third municipality in Thessaloniki town (Greece). ... Kalamaria (Greek: Καλαμαριά) is a suburban city in the Thessaloniki Prefecture located about 5 km southeast of downtown Thessaloniki. ... Panorama (Greek: meaning view) is an affluent suburb of Thessaloniki, Greece. ... Triandria (Greek: Τριανδρία) is a suburban city located in the northwestern part of the Thessaloniki metropolitan area and the Thessaloniki prefecture next to the historic centre of Thessaloniki. ...

Communities and Subdivisions

• See Communities of Thessaloniki