Chalkidiki
Chalkidiki is one of the main tourist areas of Greece. It is a wide peninsula of Northern Greece that extends as three narrower peninsulas, as a whole forming the shape of a trident, or a three-fingered hand.Photo: Dimitris Siskopoulos, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Anton Lefterov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Mount Athos
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Mount Athos is a mountain and a peninsula in Macedonia, northern Greece and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Nea Moudania
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Nea Moudania is a town in Chalkidiki, Greece. The town is located 60 km south of Thessaloniki and is considered to be the financial and commercial center of the regional unit of Chalkidiki.
Ouranoupoli
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Ouranoupoli is a village of 825 people in Greece. It is near Mount Athos and is mostly used as a jumping off point for there, or a place for women to stay, since they are not allowed in the monasteries.
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Northern Chalkidiki
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Northern Chalkidiki is the part of the Central Macedonian region of Chalkidiki which joins its three peninsulas to the mainland.
Sithonia
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Sithonia, also known as Longos, is a peninsula and part of the larger peninsula of Chalkidiki in Greece.
Kassandra
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The coast of Kassandra peninsula, near the city of Thessaloniki, offers many excellent beaches.
Ammouliani
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Ammouliani, also known as Amoliani, is an island located in the Chalkidiki regional unit, Greece, 120 km from Thessaloniki.
Chalkidiki
- Type: historical region with 110,000 residents
- Description: peninsula of Macedonia, Greece
- Category: peninsula
- Location: Central Macedonia, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude of centre
40.4167° or 40° 25' northLongitude of centre
23.5° or 23° 30' eastPopulation
110,000Elevation
797 metres (2,615 feet)GeoNames ID
735804Wikidata ID
Q204728Chalkidiki Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Chalkidiki
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Χαλκιδική
- Arabic: Chalcidice
- Arabic: Khalkidiki
- Arabic: خالكيذيكي
- Arabic: هالكيديكي
- Armenian: Խալկիդիկի
- Armenian: Խալկիդիկի թերակղզի
- Armenian: Քաղկեդոնյան թերակղզի
- Azerbaijani: Halkidiki yarımadası
- Basque: Kaltzidika
- Belarusian: Халкідзікі
- Belarusian: Халкідыкі
- Bulgarian: Халкидика
- Bulgarian: Халкидики
- Bulgarian: Халкидически полуостров
- Catalan: Calcídia
- Catalan: Calcídica
- Catalan: Península Calcídica
- Catalan: península Calcídica
- Cebuano: Chersónisos Chalkidikís
- Cebuano: Nomós Chalkidikís
- Chinese: 哈尔基季基
- Chinese: 哈尔基季基半岛
- Chinese: 哈爾基季基半島
- Czech: Chalkidiki
- Czech: Chalkidiké
- Danish: Chalkidiki
- Danish: Khalkidiki
- Dutch: Chalcidice
- Dutch: Chalkidiken
- Dutch: Chalkidiki
- Dutch: Halkidiki
- English: Chalcidice
- English: Chalcidicé
- English: Chalkidikí
- English: Halkidiki
- English: Halkidikí
- Esperanto: Ĥalkidiko
- Estonian: Chalkidike
- Estonian: Chalkidike poolsaar
- Finnish: Halkidiki
- Finnish: Khalkidike
- French: Chalcidique
- French: Chersonèse chalcidique
- French: Khalkidiki
- Georgian: ქალკედონის ნახევარკუნძული
- German: Chalcidice
- German: Chalkidike
- German: Chalkidiki
- German: Chalkidikí
- German: Halkidiki
- Greek: Khalkidhikí
- Greek: Nomós Khalkidhikís
- Greek: Νομός Χαλκιδικής
- Greek: Χαλκιδική
- Hebrew: חלקידיקי
- Hebrew: כלקידיקי
- Hungarian: Halkidikí
- Hungarian: Khalkidiké
- Indonesian: Semenanjung Kalkidiki
- Italian: Calcidica
- Italian: penisola Calcidica
- Japanese: カルキディケ
- Japanese: カルキディケー
- Japanese: カルキディケー半島
- Japanese: カルキディケ半島
- Japanese: ハルキディキ
- Japanese: ハルキディキ半島
- Kazakh: Халкидики
- Korean: 할키디키반도
- Latin: Chalcidice
- Latvian: Halkidikes pussala
- Macedonian: Халкидик
- Macedonian: Халкидички Полуостров
- Macedonian: Халкидички округ
- Norwegian: Khalkidiki
- Norwegian Bokmål: Chalkidike
- Norwegian Bokmål: Chalkidiki
- Norwegian Bokmål: Halkidiki
- Norwegian Bokmål: Halkidikí prefektur
- Norwegian Bokmål: Kalkidiki
- Norwegian Bokmål: Khalkidike
- Norwegian Bokmål: Khalkidiki
- Norwegian Bokmål: Khalkidikí
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Khalkidiki
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Khalkidikí
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Khalkidki
- Persian: خالکیدیکه
- Polish: Chalkidiki
- Polish: Chalkidyka
- Polish: Halkidiki
- Polish: Półwysep Chalcydycki
- Polish: Półwysep Chalkidiki
- Portuguese: Calcídica
- Portuguese: Khalkidhiki
- Romanian: Calchidia
- Romanian: Halkidiki
- Romanian: Peninsula Calcidică
- Russian: Полуостров Халкидики
- Russian: Халкидики
- Russian: Халкидонский полуостров
- Rusyn: Халкідікі
- Scots: Chalkidiki
- Serbian: Halkidiki
- Serbian: Префектура Халкидик
- Serbian: Халкидик
- Serbian: Халкидика
- Serbian: Халкидики
- Serbo-Croatian: Halkidik
- Serbo-Croatian: Halkidika
- Serbo-Croatian: Halkidiki
- Slovak: Chalkidiki
- Slovak: Chalkidiké
- Slovenian: Halkidika
- Spanish: Calcidica
- Spanish: Calcidico
- Spanish: Calcídica
- Spanish: Calcídico
- Spanish: Halkidiki
- Spanish: Jalkidiki
- Spanish: Jalkidikí
- Swahili: Halkidiki
- Swedish: Chalcidice
- Swedish: Chalkidike
- Swedish: Chalkidiki
- Swedish: Chalkidiké
- Swedish: Chalkidikí
- Swedish: Chalkidiký
- Swedish: Chalkidikḗ
- Swedish: Halkidike
- Swedish: Halkidiki (halvö i Grekland)
- Swedish: Halkidiki
- Swedish: Halkidikí
- Swedish: Kalkidike
- Swedish: Khalkidhiki
- Swedish: Khalkidhikí
- Swedish: Khalkidike
- Swedish: Khalkidiké
- Swedish: Khalkidikí
- Swedish: Khalkidikḗ
- Tajik: Ҳалкидикӣ
- Turkish: Chalcidice
- Turkish: Halkidiki
- Turkish: Halkidikya
- Turkish: Khalkidiki
- Ukrainian: Воттіки
- Ukrainian: Мігдонія
- Ukrainian: Халкидіки
- Ukrainian: Халкідонський півострів
- Ukrainian: Халкідіки
- Ukrainian: Халкідікі
- Urdu: خالکیدیکی
- Venetian: penìzoła Calsìdega
- Vietnamese: Chalcidice
- Vietnamese: Chalkidike
- Vietnamese: Chalkidiki
- Vietnamese: Halkidiki
- Waray (Philippines): Khalkidiki
- Nomos Chalkidikis
- Penisola Calcidica
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Chalkidiki. Photo: Anton Lefterov, CC BY-SA 3.0.