Ouranoupoli

Ouranoupoli Ουρανούπολη
Panoramic view of Ouranoupoli.
Ouranoupoli
Coordinates: 40°20′N 23°59′E / 40.333°N 23.983°ECoordinates: 40°20′N 23°59′E / 40.333°N 23.983°E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Chalkidiki
Municipality	Aristotelis
Municipal unit	Stagira-Akanthos
Community[1]
• Population	826 (2011)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Vehicle registration	ΧΚ

Ouranoupoli (Greek: Ουρανούπολη, formerly Ouranopolis, en. "City of Heaven") is an ancient city and a modern village in Chalcidice. It was founded by Cassander and his brother Alexarchus in the late 4th century BC.^[2] The village is today called Ouranoupoli.

Location

The old tower at the beach.

The 25th of March, Independence Day. Children parade in Ouranopolis.

The village of Ouranoupoli is situated on the coastline in the northwest part (the very beginning) of the Athos peninsula, part of the bigger Chalkidiki peninsula. It is the last settlement before the border with the monks republic of Mount Athos (the Holy Mountain). The village houses the Christian Chalkidiki Exhibition at the old tower.

The city of Thessaloniki is in about 140 km road distance from here.

Sister cities

• Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Russia

References

1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
2. Tarn, p. 12. "Unmistakeable, though not Seleucid, is Ouranopolis in Pamphylia; it was a colony from Ouranopolis in Chalcidice, the city founded by Cassander's brother Alexarchus."

Sources

• Tarn, William Woodthorpe. The Greeks in Bactria & India, 1950.

External links

• Ouranoupoli
• Fishing Boats in Ouranopoli, Agio Oros Peninsula (Greece) on 23 August 2003 Coastal Photograph by Hubert Chanson, Journal of Coastal Research, Vol. 25, No. 5, Sept., p. 1175 (ISSN 0749-0208)