Place:Khalkidhíki, Central Macedonia, Greece

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NameKhalkidhíki
Alt namesChalcidicesource: Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 340
Chalkidikesource: Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) p 651
Khalkidhikisource: Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 347
Khalkidhikísource: Blue Guide: Greece (1981); Times Atlas of the World (1994) p 99; USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Khalkidhíki departmentsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypePrefecture
Coordinates40.417°N 23.5°E
Located inCentral Macedonia, Greece
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Arnaía
Ierisós
Meliteia
Mende
Políyiros
Sikiá
Vasiliká
Áthitos
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Chalkidiki, also spelled Chalcidice, is a peninsula and regional unit of Greece, part of the region of Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia in Northern Greece. The autonomous Mount Athos region constitutes the easternmost part of the peninsula, but not of the regional unit.

The capital of Chalkidiki is the town of Polygyros, located in the centre of the peninsula, while the largest town is Nea Moudania. Chalkidiki is a popular summer tourist destination.

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