Oraiokastro ( el, Ωραιόκαστρο) is a municipality in the
Thessaloniki regional unit,
Greece
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and a
suburb
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of
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...
.
Municipality
The municipality Oraiokastro was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:
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Kallithea
Kallithea (Greek: Καλλιθέα, meaning "beautiful view") is a district of Athens and a municipality in south Athens regional unit. It is the eighth largest municipality in Greece (96,118 inhabitants, 2021 census) and the fourth biggest i ...
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Mygdonia
Mygdonia (; el, Μυγδονία / Μygdonia) was an ancient territory, part of Ancient Thrace, later conquered by Macedon, which comprised the plains around Therma (Thessalonica) together with the valleys of Klisali and Besikia, including the ...
*Oraiokastro
The municipality Oraiokastro has an area of 217.855 km
2 and the municipal unit Oraiokastro has an area of 21.855 km
2.
Religious buildings
![Hellen temple in Thessaloniki, Greece](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Temple_of_the_Hellenic_Gods_in_Oraiokastro%2C_Thessaloniki%2C_Greece.png)
The Temple of the
Hellenic Gods (Ελληνων Ναος), a
Hellenic temple, is located in Oraiokastro, Central Macedonia.
[Γιώργος Λαμπίρης/Giórgos Lampíris]
"Μύθοι και αλήθειες για την ελληνική Ομάδα Ε (Myths and Truths about the Greek Group E)"
newsbeast.gr, 01/11/2015. Retrieved 20/05/2017
References
Municipalities of Central Macedonia
Populated places in Thessaloniki (regional unit)
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