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The third-largest-city is Patras, with a metropolitan area of approximately 250,000 inhabitants. The table below lists the largest cities in Greece , by population size, using the official census results of 1991, [ 1 ] 2001, [ 2 ] 2011 [ 3 ] and 2021.
This is a list of the largest cities and towns in Türkiye by population, which includes cities and towns that are provincial capitals or have a population of at least 7,000. The total population of Türkiye is 85,279,553 [ 1 ] according to the 2023 estimate, making it the 18th most populated country in the world.
The municipalities of Greece (Greek: δήμοι, romanized: dímoi) are the lowest level of government within the organizational structure of the state.As of 2021, there are 332 municipalities, further divided into 1036 municipal units and 6136 communities. [1]
The modern boundaries of Thrace in Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. This is a list of cities and towns in Thrace, a geographical region split between Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. The largest cities of Thrace are: Istanbul (European side), Plovdiv, Burgas, Edirne, and Stara Zagora.
Turkey, [a] officially the Republic of Türkiye, [b] is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west.
The largest city in the region is Istanbul. Other big cities are Bursa , İzmit , Balıkesir , Tekirdağ , Çanakkale and Edirne . Among the seven geographical regions, the Marmara region has the second-smallest area, yet the largest population; it is the most densely populated region in the country.
Greece's population census of 1961 found that 10.9% of the total population was above the age of 65, while the percentage of this group age increased to 19.0% in 2011. In contrast, the percentage of the population of the ages 0–14 had a total decrease of 10.2% between 1961 and 2011.
The regions of Greece (Greek: περιφέρειες, romanized: periféreies) are the country's thirteen second-level administrative entities, counting decentralized administrations of Greece as first-level. Regions are divided into regional units, known as prefectures until 2011.