Michaniona ( el, Μηχανιώνα) was a former municipality in the Thessaloniki regional unit,

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. Since the 2011 local government reform, the town/suburb is part of the municipality of

Thermaikos Thermaikos ( el, Θερμαϊκός) is a suburban municipality of the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Greece. It consists of the municipal units Thermaikos, Epanomi and Michaniona. The municipal unit Thermaikos is subdivided into the communities ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 11,901 (2011). The municipal unit has an area of 21.569 km². The seat of the municipality was in Nea Michaniona. The other communities in the municipal unit are

Angelochori Angelochori ( el, Αγγελοχώρι) is a village in the municipal unit of Michaniona, in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is sit ...

and Nea Kerasia. The town was settled by

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from the original Michaniona on the

Cyzicus Cyzicus (; grc, Κύζικος ''Kúzikos''; ota, آیدینجق, ''Aydıncıḳ'') was an ancient Greek town in Mysia in Anatolia in the current Balıkesir Province of Turkey. It was located on the shoreward side of the present Kapıdağ Peni ...

peninsula in the

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Populated places in Thessaloniki (regional unit) {{CentralMacedonia-geo-stub