Nea Moudania
City in Macedonia, Greece From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
City in Macedonia, Greece From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nea Moudania (Greek: Νέα Μουδανιά, Néa Moudaniá; often referred to as Moudania (Μουδανιά, Moudaniá), the name of the municipal unit to which the town belongs, is the seat of the municipality of Nea Propontida, Chalkidiki, Greece. The town is 60 km south of Thessaloniki and is the financial and commercial center of Chalkidiki, as well as its most populous town. It was built after 1922 by Greek refugees from Asia Minor who wanted to give the settlement the name of their hometown (now Mudanya, Turkey), hence the addition of the word nea, which means new in Greek. Nea Moudania hosts the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture Technology of the Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki. The town's harbor serves as Thessaloniki's adjuvant.
Nea Moudania
Νέα Μουδανιά | |
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Coordinates: 40°14′N 23°17′E | |
Country | Greece |
Geographic region | Macedonia |
Administrative region | Central Macedonia |
Regional unit | Chalkidiki |
Municipality | Nea Propontida |
Municipal unit | Moudania |
Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 10,042 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 632 00 |
Area code(s) | 2373 |
Vehicle registration | XK |
POM (Panathletic Association of Moudania) is the only sports club in Nea Moudania, whose football team play in the Delta Ethniki, while the volleyball team play in the A2 Ethniki Volleyball.
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