Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki (, ), 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  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

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Thessaloniki is twinned wae:
 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 2010Collaborations
 Boston, Unitit States, syn 21 Aprile 1996
 Brooklyn Center, Unitit States syne 5 Julie 1992
 Budapest, Hungary, syne 5 Aprile 1993
 Dnipro, 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

References


Category:Populatit coastal places in Greece
Category:Mediterranean port ceeties an touns in Greece
Category:Greek prefectural caipitals
Category:Greek regional caipitals
Category:Municipalities o Central Macedonie
Category:Populatit places in Thessaloniki (regional unit)
Category:Tourism in Greece
Category:Pauline kirks
Thessaloniki, Paleochristian an Byzantine Monuments
Category:310s BC establishments
Category:Populatit places established in the 4t century BC
Category:Historic Jewish commonties
Category:Geografie o auncient Mygdonie
Category:European Caipitals o Cultur
Thessaloniki and the Bulgarians.History. Memory. Present. https://www.solunbg.org/en/