. . . . . . "Thessaloniki (; Greek: \u0398\u03B5\u03C3\u03C3\u03B1\u03BB\u03BF\u03BD\u03AF\u03BA\u03B7, [\u03B8esalo\u02C8nici] ()), also known as Thessalonica (English: ), Saloniki, Solun or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over 1 million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of Macedonia, the administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace. It is also known in Greek as \u03B7 \u03A3\u03C5\u03BC\u03C0\u03C1\u03C9\u03C4\u03B5\u03CD\u03BF\u03C5\u03C3\u03B1 (i Simprot\u00E9vousa), literally \"the co-capital\", a reference to its historical status as the \u03A3\u03C5\u03BC\u03B2\u03B1\u03C3\u03B9\u03BB\u03B5\u03CD\u03BF\u03C5\u03C3\u03B1 (Simvasil\u00E9vousa) or \"co-reigning\" city of the Byzantine Empire alongside Constantinople. Thessaloniki is located on the Thermaic Gulf, at the northwest corner of the Aegean Sea. It is bounded on the west by the delta of the Axios. The municipality of Thessaloniki, the historical center, had a population of 325,182 in 2011, while the Thessaloniki metropolitan area had 1,030,338 inhabitants in 2011. It is Greece\u2019s second major economic, industrial, commercial and political centre; it is a major transportation hub for Greece and southeastern Europe, notably through the Port of Thessaloniki. The city is renowned for its festivals, events and vibrant cultural life in general, and is considered to be Greece's cultural capital. Events such as the Thessaloniki International Fair and the Thessaloniki International Film Festival are held annually, while the city also hosts the largest bi-annual meeting of the Greek diaspora. Thessaloniki was the 2014 European Youth Capital. The city of Thessaloniki was founded in 315 BC by Cassander of Macedon and was named after his wife Thessalonike, daughter of Philip II of Macedon and sister of Alexander the Great. An important metropolis by the Roman period, Thessaloniki was the second largest and wealthiest city of the Byzantine Empire. It was conquered by the Ottomans in 1430 and remained an important seaport and multi-ethnic metropolis during the nearly five centuries of Turkish rule. It passed from the Ottoman Empire to Greece on 8 November 1912. It is home to numerous notable Byzantine monuments, including the Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as well as several Roman, Ottoman and Sephardic Jewish structures. The city's main university, Aristotle University, is the largest in Greece and the Balkans. Thessaloniki is a popular tourist destination in Greece. In 2013, National Geographic Magazine included Thessaloniki in its top tourist destinations worldwide, while in 2014 Financial Times FDI magazine (Foreign Direct Investments) declared Thessaloniki as the best mid-sized European city of the future for human capital and lifestyle. Among street photographers, the center of Thessaloniki is also considered the most popular destination for street photography in Greece."@en . . . ""@en . . "1.28561e+09"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "17200.0"^^ . . . "16900.0"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "2.3"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "-14.2"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "19.307"^^ . . . . . . . . "9.8"^^ . . . . "16.5"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "26.9"^^ . "44.2"^^ . . . . "1270"^^ . . . "75.7"^^ . . . . . . . . . "Thessaloniki"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "175.8"^^ . . . . . . "29.8"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "11"^^ . . . "18.9"^^ . . . . "21.9"^^ . "24.6"^^ . . . . "7.8"^^ . "3.7"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "36"^^ . . . . . . "117.8"^^ . "5.4"^^ . . . . . . . . . "165.5"^^ . . "21.2"^^ . . . . . "42.8"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1052456636"^^ . . . . . . "12.7"^^ . "232.9"^^ . . . . . "9.4"^^ . . . . . . . "55"^^ . . "19.4"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . "-10"^^ . . . . . . . "29"^^ . "2"^^ . "24"^^ . . "2"^^ . . . "250.0"^^ . . . . "40.6403"^^ . . . . "11"^^ . . . . . . "35"^^ . . "200"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "24.7"^^ . "27"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "30.2"^^ . . "229.9"^^ . . . "15.9"^^ . . . . . . . . "green"@en . . . . . "12.1"^^ . . . . . "6.7"^^ . . . . "2.8"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "Greece #Europe"@en . "315"^^ . . . . . "76.3"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1.877E10"^^ . "0.0"^^ . . . "824676"^^ . . . . . "55.4"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "295.8"^^ . . . . . "11.3"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "52.8"^^ . . . . . . . . "100.0"^^ . . . . . . . "118.8"^^ . . "43"^^ . . . . "TheNymphof theThermaic Gulf"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "File:Thessalonica Montage L.png"@en . . . . "-1"^^ . . . . . "534800"^^ . . "32.2"^^ . . . . "8.4"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "37.9"^^ . "252.7"^^ . . . . "202.6"^^ . . . . "306.8"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . "9.3"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "41.4"^^ . . . . . . . "19.307"^^ . . . . "1.5"^^ . . . "Incorporated"@en . "22.9356"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "7"^^ . . . . . "17.2"^^ . "Thessaloniki (; Greek: \u0398\u03B5\u03C3\u03C3\u03B1\u03BB\u03BF\u03BD\u03AF\u03BA\u03B7, [\u03B8esalo\u02C8nici] ()), also known as Thessalonica (English: ), Saloniki, Solun or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over 1 million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of Macedonia, the administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace. It is also known in Greek as \u03B7 \u03A3\u03C5\u03BC\u03C0\u03C1\u03C9\u03C4\u03B5\u03CD\u03BF\u03C5\u03C3\u03B1 (i Simprot\u00E9vousa), literally \"the co-capital\", a reference to its historical status as the \u03A3\u03C5\u03BC\u03B2\u03B1\u03C3\u03B9\u03BB\u03B5\u03CD\u03BF\u03C5\u03C3\u03B1 (Simvasil\u00E9vousa) or \"co-reigning\" city of the Byzantine Empire alongside Constantinople."@en . . . . . "325182"^^ . "12.8"^^ . "Thessaloniki seal.svg"@en . . . . . . . . . . "21.3"^^ . . "44"^^ . . . . . . . . "2"^^ . . "Gross regional domestic product"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1.9307e+07"^^ . . . . "Saloniki" . . . . . "12.6"^^ . . . . . . . . "14.3"^^ . . . . . "247175"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "1.11703e+08"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "GDP of the Thessaloniki regional unit 2000\u20132011"@en . . . . . . . "123.9"^^ . "106.8"^^ . . . . "120.0"^^ . . . . . . . . . "9.3"^^ . . . . . . . "-7"^^ . "Thessaloniki"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1285.61"^^ . "11.3"^^ . . . . "25"^^ . . . "321.4"^^ . "70.4"^^ . . "-6.2"^^ . . . . . "32"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . "53.6"^^ . "11"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "348"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "31.9"^^ . . . . "11.3"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "-7.8"^^ . . . . . "-9.8"^^ . . . . . . . "Thessaloniki"@en . . . . . . "4.7"^^ . . "2310"^^ . . . . . . . . . "https://www.weatheronline.gr/weather/maps/city?LANG=gr&CEL=C&SI=kph&MAPS=over&CONT=grgr&LAND=GR®ION=0005&WMO=16622&UP=0&R=0&LEVEL=160&NOREGION=1 http://www.hnms.gr/emy/el/climatology/climatology_city?perifereia=Central%20Macedonia&poli=Thessaloniki_Mikra Sunshine Hours WMO http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=CLINO&f=ElementCode%3A15"@en . . . . . . . . . "6.1"^^ . . . . . . . . "Founded"@en . . . "Oct. 1912"@en . . . . "10.9"^^ . "55.1"^^ . . "Clockwise from top: Aristotle Square, Church of Saint Demetrius, Thessaloniki Concert Hall, Thessaloniki's waterfront, White Tower of Thessaloniki"@en . . . . . . . . . "31.7"^^ . . . . "14.1"^^ . "no"@en . . . "+3" . . . . . "auto"@en . "123.7"^^ . . "7.1"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "11.1"^^ . . . . "29.4"^^ . "7.9"^^ . "111.703"^^ . . . . "9.5"^^ . . . . "19.3"^^ . . . . . "2011"^^ . . "The Nymph of the Thermaic Gulf"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "+2" . . . "8.4"^^ . . . . "52.7"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "7.9"^^ . . . . . . "53xxx, 54xxx, 55xxx, 56xxx" . . . . . . . . "61.9"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "32.3"^^ . . . . "40.640277777777776 22.935555555555556" . "21.3"^^ . . . "1030338"^^ . . . . . "3.2"^^ . "4.3"^^ . . . . . . . . . . ""@en . . . "Flag of Thessaloniki.svg"@en . "para"@en . . . . "19.9"^^ . . "98.7"^^ . . . . . . "9.2"^^ . . "List of Greek flags#Regional and municipal flags"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "10"^^ . . "31"^^ . "17"^^ . . . . . . . "3.9"^^ . . . "City of Thessaloniki logo.svg"@en . . . "auto"@en . "7.8"^^ . . "Independent"@en . . . . "44"^^ . "67.3"^^ . . . "6"^^ . . "10.6"^^ . "29.8"^^ . . . "45.5"^^ . "29.8"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "37.8"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "-14.2"^^ . . . . "10.1"^^ . . . . . "23"^^ . . "+3"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "7.9"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Thessaloniki Airport 2001-2019"@en . . "+2"@en . . . . . . . "Thessalonian,Thessalonican"@en . . "yes"@en . . . . "19.3"^^ . . . . . . . . "40.5"^^ . . "19.1"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "37.7"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . "36.1"^^ . "111.703"^^ . . "-2"^^ . . . . . "8.7"^^ . . "2310" . . . . . "77.9"^^ . . . . . "31"^^ . . . . . . . . . "Saloniki"@en . . . . "25.1"^^ . "10.7"^^ . "19.1"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Logo of the City of Thessaloniki"@en . "15.4"^^ . . . "32.3"^^ . . . . . "7"^^ . "15.5"^^ . . . "21.3"^^ . . "296.4"^^ . . "31.4"^^ . . . "Thessaloniki montage. Clicking on an image in the picture causes the browser to load the appropriate article.\nrect 0 0 1200 450 Aristotle Square\nrect 0 460 622 1365 White Tower of Thessaloniki\nrect 632 460 1200 898 Church of Saint Demetrius\nrect 632 908 1200 1365 Thessaloniki Concert Hall"@en . "1.9851E10"^^ . . . ""@en . . "0"^^ . . . "27.2"^^ . . . "3"^^ . . . . . . . . . "45"^^ . . "20.6"^^ . . . . . . . "yes"@en . . . "40471"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "325.7"^^ . . . "3.7"^^ . . . . "11.5"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "23.8"^^ . . "208.3"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "72"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "27.1"^^ . . "28.5"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "Logo"@en . . . . "172.2"^^ . . . . . . . . "32.5"^^ . "147.2"^^ . . . . . "7"^^ . . "9.3"^^ . . . . . . . "7.2"^^ . . . "5.1"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "250"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "102.6"^^ . . . . "37.3"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "15.2"^^ . . "325182"^^ . . . . "41.6"^^ . . . . . "102.6"^^ . . . . . "Thessaloniki"@en . . . . . "5.9"^^ . . . . . . . . . "6.8"^^ . . . . . . . . "267.7"^^ . . . . "26.4"^^ . . . . "1285.61"^^ . . "2.4"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "14.3"^^ . . . "no"@en . "63"^^ . . . "\u2022 Per capita"@en . "1030338"^^ . . "71"^^ . . . . . "824676"^^ . . . . . "6.2"^^ . . . . . . . "53"^^ . . . . . . . . .