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Chalkidiki Prefecture
Νομός Χαλκιδικής
Chalkidiki, also Halkidiki or Chalcidice, less often Khalkidiki and rarely Chalkidice (Greek: Χαλκιδική, IPA: [xalciðiˈci]), is one of the prefectures of Greece. It is located in the southeastern portion of Central Macedonia. The Cholomontas or the Cholomon mountains lie in the northcentral part. It consists of a large peninsula in the northwestern Aegean Sea, resembling a hand with three "fingers" – Pallene (now Kassandra), Sithonia, and Agion Oros (the ancient Acte), which contains Mount Athos and its monasteries.

In ancient times, Chalkidiki was part of Thrace. The first Greek settlers in this area came from Chalcis (Halkis) and Eretria, cities in Euboea, around the eighth century BC who founded cities such as Mende, Toroni and Scioni; a second wave came from Andros in the sixth century BC. The ancient city of Stageira was the birthplace of the great philosopher Aristotle.

The capital of Chalkidiki is the city of Polygyros, located in the center of the peninsula. Its most populous municipalities are Moudania, Kallikrateia, Polygyros, and Kassandra. Its largest towns are Nea Moudania, Nea Kallikrateia, and the city of Polygyros.

In June 2003, at the holiday resort Porto Carras located in Neos Marmaras, Sithonia, European Union leaders presented the first draft of the European constitution. See History of the European Constitution for developments after this point.

The only prefectural boundary is with the Thessaloniki prefecture located to the north.

Television

  • Chalkidiki TV - Nea Moudania
  • Super TV - Nea Moudania

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Ancient sites

Municipalities

Municipality YPES code Seat (if different) Postal code Area code
Anthemountas5201Galatista630 7323710-32
Arnaia5202630 4723720-2
Kallikrateia5204Nea Kallikrateia630 8023990-2
Kassandra5205Kassandreia630 7723990-2
Moudania5206Nea Moudania632 0023730-2
Ormylia5207630 7123710-41
Pallini5208Chaniotis630 8523740-5
Panagia5209Megali Panagia620 7623730-3
Polygyros5210631 0023710-2
Sithonia5211Nikiti630 8823750-2
Stagira-Akanthos5212Ierissos630 7223770-2
Toroni5213Sykia630 7223750-41
Triglia5214Nea Triglia630 7923750-5
Zervochoria5203Palaiochora630 7323710-6


See also: list of settlements in the Chalkidiki prefecture

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The Aegean Sea (pronounced [i:ˈdʒi:ən/span>]], Greek:
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Pallene (Greek: Παλλήνη) is the westernmost of the three headlands of Chalcidice, which run out into the Aegean Sea.
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Cassandra (Greek: Κασσάνδρα Kassandra, modern transliteration: Kassandra) was one of the most important cities in Ancient Macedonia founded by and named after Cassander in 316 BC located near the site of the earlier Ancient
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Sithonia is a peninsula located south of the central part of Halkidiki which is also in the south-central part of the Halkidiki peninsula. The Kassandra peninsula lies to the west and the Mount Athos peninsula at the east.
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Capital Karyes
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Official languages Koine Greek, Church Slavonic, Modern Greek, Russian, Serbian, Georgian, Bulgarian, Romanian (both liturgical and civil use), Modern Greek (civil use)
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Monastery (plural: Monasteries), a term derived from the Greek word μοναστήριον (monastērion), denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer (e.g.
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Euboea, or Negropont or Negroponte (Modern Greek: Εύβοια Évia, Ancient Greek Εὔβοια Eúboia
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The 8th century BC started the first day of 800 BC and ended the last day of 701 BC.

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The 8th century BC was a period of great changes in civilizations. In Egypt, the 23rd and 24th dynasties led to rule from Nubia in the 25 Dynasty.
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Mende may refer to:
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Toroni (Greek:Τορώνη) is an ancient Greek city located in the southwest edge of Sithonia peninsula in Chalkidiki, 20 km after Neos Marmaras and 3 km before Porto Koufo (
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The 6th century BC started the first day of 600 BC and ended the last day of 501 BC.

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In the Near East, the first half of this century was dominated by the Neo Babylonian or Chaldean
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Stageira (Greek: Στάγειρα) was an ancient Greek city on the Chalcidice peninsula and is chiefly known for being the birthplace of Aristotle.
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Aristotle (Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs) (384 BC – 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great.
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Nea Moudania is the main town of the municipality of Moudania, with a population of 6,475 inhabitants (according to national statistics agency [1] Halkidiki's most populous town.
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JUNE is a solo R&B singer under Sony Entertainment. He is Korean by birth, but is a performer in Japan.

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Porto Carras (Greek:Πόρτο Καρράς), known as Porto Carras Grand Resort, is one of northern Greece's largest and most famous hotels and holiday resorts.
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