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Central Macedonia
is one of the thirteen
peripheriesThe peripheries are the official regional administrative divisions of Greece. There are 13 peripheries , which are further subdivided into 54 prefectures....
of
GreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula....
, consisting of the central part of the
regionThe regions are the traditional subnational divisions of Greece. The regions are still widely referred to in non-official contexts and in daily discourse. There are 10 regions , which are further subdivided into 54 prefectures....
of
MacedoniaMacedonia is a geographical and historical region of Greece in southeastern Europe. Macedonia is the largest and second most populous Greek region...
. It is divided into the
prefecturesGreece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 3 super-prefectures and 54 prefectures or nomes ....
of Chalkidiki,
ImathiaImathia is one of the prefectures of Greece. It is located in the Periphery of Central Macedonia. Although provinces no longer have any legal standing in Greece, Imathia has two provinces: Naousa and Alexandreia...
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KilkisKilkis is a prefecture in Central Macedonia, in northern Greece. Its capital is the city of Kilkis.-Geography:The mountains near Kilkis are Paiko to the west, parts of the western part of Kerkini to the northeast and Krousia to the east...
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PellaPella is one of the prefectures of Greece. Its capital town is Edessa. The prefecture was created out of the then gigantic Thessaloniki Prefecture in 1930 and is named after the ancient city Pella...
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PieriaPieria is one of the prefectures of Greece. It is located in the southern part of Macedonia, in the Periphery of Central Macedonia. Its capital is the town of Katerini. Pieria is the smallest prefecture within Macedonia. The name Pieria originates from the ancient tribe and the ancient country of...
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SerresSerres prefecture is a prefecture located in Central Macedonia Periphery, Greece. The total population reaches just over 200,000...
, and
ThessalonikiThessaloniki is a nomos in Greece, containing Thessaloniki, Lagadas and the northern portion of the Chalcidicean peninsula...
. The population is around 2 million, the second biggest in Greece.
The building of the Central Macedonia Periphery is located in Taki Ekonomidi Avenue, in Eastern Thessaloniki.
Although geographically part of central Macedonia,
Mount AthosMount Athos is a mountain on the peninsula of the same name in Macedonia, of northern Greece, called in Greek Agion Oros , or in English, "Holy Mountain". In Classical times, the peninsula was called Aktí...
is not administratively part of the periphery, or any other periphery, but an autonomous self-governing state under the sovereignty of Greece.
Major communities
- Ampelókipoi (Αμπελόκηποι)
Ampelokipoi is a Borough of Thessaloniki. The municipal population is 40,959 as of 2001. It has a land area of 1.803 km².Ampelokipoi is the second commercial and entertainment area of Thessaloniki after downtown.- Authorities :...
- Evosmos (Εύοσμος)
Evosmos is a Borough of Thessaloniki. It has a land area of 9.927 km². The population is 52,624 . Due to rapid development, the population is expected to rise dramatically by the next census in 2011...
- Kalamariá (Καλαμαριά)
Kalamariá is a suburb of Thessaloniki, Greece. It is a municipality of the Thessaloniki Urban Area, located about 5 km southeast of downtown Thessaloniki...
- Kateríni (Κατερίνη)
Katerini is a town in Central Macedonia, Greece, the capital of Pieria prefecture. It lies on the Pierian plain, between Mt. Olympus and the Thermaikos Gulf, at an altitude of 14 m. The town, which is one of the newest in Greece, has a population of 56,576...
- Kilkís (Κιλκίς)
Kilkis is an industrial city in Central Macedonia, Greece. As of 2001 there were 17,430 people living in the city proper and a total of 24,812 people living in the administrative area of the municipality of Kilkis...
- Políchni (Πολίχνη)
Polichni is a Borough of Thessaloniki. The population is 36,146 , and it has a land area of 7.325 km²....
- Sérres (Σέρρες)
Serres is a city in Greece, seat of the Serres prefecture.Serres may also refer to:Places:* Serres, Germany, a part of Wiernsheim in Baden-WürttembergIn France:* Serres, Aude in the Aude département...
- Stavroúpoli (Σταυρούπολη)
Stavroupoli is a Borough of Thessaloniki. The municipal population is 41,653 . It is located at the north part of Thessaloniki.-Historical population:-External links:* **Map and aerial photos:**Street map: , or or...
- Sykiés (Συκιές)
Sykies is a Borough of Thessaloniki. The municipal population is 41,726 . Its land area is 7.982 km²....
- Thessaloníki (Θεσσαλονίκη)
Thessaloniki , Thessalonica, or Salonica is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the Greek region of Macedonia. It is honorarily called the Συμπρωτεύουσα Symprotevousa of Greece, as it was once called the συμβασιλεύουσα symvasilevousa of the Byzantine Empire...
- Véroia (Βέροια)
Veria is a city built at the foot of Vermion Mountains in Greece. It is a commercial center of Macedonia, the capital of the prefecture of Imathia, the province of Imathia and the seat of a bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church...
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