Sykies, Thessaloniki Regional Unit, Central Macedonia, Greece
🇬🇷 Sykies or Sykeai (Συκεαί) is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and was a former municipality in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Neapoli-Sykies, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. Its land area is 7.982 km².
1History Sykies was mostly built after settling of refugees from Asia Minor in 1922. The refugees were mostly from Rodochori of Asia Minor. The new residents built a new church that dedicated to patron saints from their origin places.
A part of the district is named Varna built by Greeks from Varna, modern Bulgaria. Other areas include Kallithea, Riga Feraiou and Heptapyrgiou.
In 1934 the municipality of Thessaloniki was divided in smallest administrative units, so Sykies became a separate community. In 1954 the community of Sykies changed to municipality. Today it is part of Neapoli-Sykies municipality.
1Sport Sykies is the seat of many clubs. The most famous of them is VAO, a long-standing club with achievements in several sports.
1Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Sykies has a population of over 37,753 people. Sykies also forms part of the wider Neapoli-Sykies Municipality which has a population of over 84,741 people. It is also a part of the larger Thessaloniki Region. Sykies is situated near Thessaloniki.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Sykies has links with:
🇷🇸 Čukarica, Serbia🇪🇸 Colmenar Viejo 40.65
🇺🇸 Borough Park 40.634
🇪🇸 Collado Villalba 40.633
🇮🇹 Basilicata 40.633
🇺🇸 Sunset Park 40.633
🇪🇸 Guadalajara 40.63
🇬🇷 Thessaloniki 22.954
🇧🇬 Blagoevgrad 23.095
Locations Near: Sykies 22.95,40.65
🇬🇷 Neapoli 22.933,40.65 d: 1.4
🇬🇷 Salonika 22.933,40.633 d: 2.3
🇬🇷 Stavroupoli 22.933,40.667 d: 2.3
🇬🇷 Thessaloniki 22.954,40.624 d: 2.9
🇬🇷 Kalamaria 22.955,40.585 d: 7.2
🇬🇷 Panorama 23.033,40.583 d: 10.2
🇬🇷 Lagkadas 23.067,40.75 d: 14.8
Antipodal to: Sykies -157.05,-40.65
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 17346.8
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 17250
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16797.7
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16708.4
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 13298.6
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 13190.8
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 13174.5
🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 13171.7