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Khalkidhikí (khälkēthēkē`) or Chalcidice (kălsĭd`ĭsē), peninsula (1991 pop. 92,117), NE Greece, projecting into the Aegean Sea from SE Macedonia. Its southern extremity terminates in three peninsulas: Kassandra (anc. Gr. Pallene) in the west, Sithonia in the center, and Athos Mount Athos, also called Hagion Oros or Ayion Oros [Gr.,=Holy Mt.], which rises to c.6,670 ft (2,030 m). Mount Athos is a community of about 20 monasteries of the Order of St. Basil of the Orthodox Eastern Church and includes c.30 sq mi (80 sq km) of territory.
..... Click the link for more information. in the east. The region is largely mountainous, dry, and agricultural. Olive oil, wine, wheat, and tobacco are produced; magnesite is mined. In antiquity the peninsula was famous for its timber. Olynthus Olynthus (ōlĭn`thəs), ancient city of Greece, on the peninsula of Chalcidice (now Khalkidhikí), NE of Potidaea.
..... Click the link for more information. and Potidaea Potidaea (pŏtĭdē`ə)
..... Click the link for more information. were the chief towns in antiquity; Poliyiros is today the leading town and an administrative center. The peninsula was named for Khalkís Khalkís (khälkēs`) or Chalcis
..... Click the link for more information. , which established colonies there in the 8th and 7th cent. B.C. In the 4th cent. B.C. the peninsula was conquered by Philip II of Macedon, and in the 2d cent. B.C. by Rome. The subsequent history of Khalkidhikí is essentially that of Thessaloníki Thessaloníki (thĕ'sälōnē`kē) or Salonica
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