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Thessaloniki (/ ˌ θ ɛ s ə l ə ˈ n iː k i /; Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη [θesaloˈnici] ⓘ), also known as Thessalonica (English: / ˌ θ ɛ s ə l ə ˈ n aɪ k ə, ˌ θ ɛ s ə ˈ l ɒ n ɪ k ə /), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (/ s ə ˈ l ɒ n ɪ k ə, ˌ s æ l ə ˈ n iː k ə /), is the second-largest city in Greece, with slightly over one million inhabitants in its ...
During the Ottoman period, the city's Muslim and Jewish population grew. By 1478, Thessaloniki had a population of 4,320 Muslims between 6,094 Greek Orthodox inhabitants. By c. 1500, the numbers of Muslims grew to 8,575 Muslims, with Greeks numbering at 7,986, making them a minority. Around the same time, Sephardic Jews began arriving from Spain.
A serious problem that particularly suburbs of the Thessaloniki metropolitan area have faced, was the lack of extending and introducing new growth boundaries on time (particularly in the southeast) by the national government, to manage the rapid suburban growth and urban sprawl that started in the 1990s.
Under different circumstances, the 24th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival might have been a more celebratory affair, with coronavirus restrictions gradually loosening across Greece and the country ...
The Thessaloniki Prefecture (Greek: Νομός Θεσσαλονίκης) was created when the area was annexed by Greece during the First Balkan War in 1913.At that time. its area was the largest prefecture in the country, covering about 7% of the total land.
For now, the airport is connected with the Line 1 of the system at Nea Elvetia with a shuttle bus, with the number 02X. [ 98 ] In the meantime, the airport is served on a 24-hour basis by bus 01X/01N of the Thessaloniki Urban Transport Organization (OASTH), which provides bus services between the Thessaloniki Bus Station (KTEL) and Makedonia ...
One of its modern names is the "Gulf of Thessaloniki", named after the city of Thessaloniki which sprawls around and along the northeastern coast of the gulf. Places that lie on the gulf include Sani, Kassandreia , ancient Potidaea , Nea Moudania , Agia Triada, Neoi Epivates, Peraia , Kalochori , Methoni , Pydna , Paralia Katerinis , Olympiaki ...
England to bounce back from disappointment last time out and record victory in more pragmatic fashion than they tried last time the sides met. Greece 1-2 England.