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Kilkís,
Greece

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Kilkis is an industrial city in Central Macedonia, Greece. there were 22,914 people living in the city proper, 28,745 people living in the municipal unit, and 51,926 in the municipality of Kilkis. It is also the capital city of the regional unit of Kilkis.NameKilkis is located in a region that was multi-ethnic in the recent past and is known by several different names. The name of the city in early Byzantine times was Kallikon, and was also known as Kalkis or Kilkis by the Greeks. In church Codix of 1732 it is mentioned as Kilkisi (Κηλκήση). In the South Slavic languages it is known as Kukush (Кукуш, Kukuš), while it was called Kilkitsi or Kılkış by the Ottoman Turks.AdministrationMunicipalityThe municipality Kilkis was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 7 former municipalities, that became municipal units: ChersoDoiraniGallikosKilkisKroussaMouriesPikrolimni The municipality has an area of 1,599.604 km2, the municipal unit 319.834 km2.CommunitiesThe municipal unit Kilkis consists of the following communities : Kilkis ChorygiEfkarpiaKastaniesKristoniLeipsydrio Megali VrysiMelanthioMessiano StavrochoriVaptistis