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Thessaloniki

Southern Europe

The capital and largest city of the Greek administrative region of Central Macedonia and the second-largest city in Greece, the largest in Northern Greece, with over 300,000 residents in the city proper and slightly over one million across its metropolitan area. Its historical status as a co-reigning capital of the Byzantine Empire alongside Constantinople gave it the Greek nickname Symprotevousa, meaning the co-capital.

Facts
Population
319,045 1
Area (sq km)
19.307 1
Founding Year
315 BCE 1
Founded by Cassander of Macedon; stored as a negative value for a BC year, matching the live convention already used elsewhere on this atlas (Plovdiv -6000, Aswan -600, Benghazi -525, Khujand -329, Bukhara -550, Aleppo -5000).
Population Estimate Year
2021 1
Elevation (m)
6 2
Latitude
40.6403 degrees north 1
Longitude
22.9356 degrees east 1
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 4
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Origin Of

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Also in History Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Sources
1. Thessaloniki (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox: Population (Municipality, 2021)
    319,045
  • Infobox: Population census year
    2021
  • Infobox: Area (Municipality)
    19.307 km2 (7.454 sq mi)
  • Infobox: Coordinates
    40.6403°N 22.9356°E
  • Infobox: established_date
    315 BC ( years ago)
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia, part-of country and UN M49 subregion
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Thessaloniki (Wikidata)
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
Quote, P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 6 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.75, 22.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.75, 22.75
40.75 22.75 Cfa
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4. GeoNames: Thessaloníki - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 734077
Quote, cities500 record 734077
40.64072 22.93493 P PPLA GR ESYE12 13 9031 317778 -9999 Europe/Athens
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Wikidata: Thessaloniki
Wikidata Q17151, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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