{{Infobox Greek Dimos |name = Haïdari |name_local = Χαϊδάρι |type = municipality |image_map = 2011 Dimos Chaidariou.png |image_skyline = |caption_skyline = |city_flag = |city_seal = |coordinates = {{coord|38|1|N|23|39|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation = 95 |periph = Attica |periphunit = West Athens |pop_municipality = 47051 |area_municipality = 22.655 |districts = |mayor = Michail Selekos<ref name=mayor>[https://ekloges.ypes.gr/current/d/home/en/municipalities/9185/ Municipality of Chaidari, Municipal elections – October 2023], Ministry of Interior</ref> |party = |since = 2023 |population_as_of = 2021 |population_metro = |area_metro = |postal_code = 124 6x |area_code = 210 5xxxxxx |licence = Z |website = [http://www.haidari.gr/ www.haidari.gr] }}
'''Haidari'''<ref>For the spelling, see the [http://www.haidari.gr/ municipal website].</ref> ({{langx|el|Χαϊδάρι}}, ''Chaidari'') is a suburban town in the western part of the Athens agglomeration, west of the city center of Athens, in Greece.
==Geography==
The municipality has an area of 22.655 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=stat01>{{cite web |url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece |title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) |language=el |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-21 }}</ref> The geography of the municipality of Haidari is diverse: the eastern part, where the town Haidari is situated, is densely populated and forms a continuous built up area with the inner suburbs of central Athens. The rocky Aigaleo hills run through the central part of the municipality. The pine forest of Dafni and the Daphni Monastery lie on the eastern slopes of Aigaleo. The westernmost part of Haidari is the small industrial port town Skaramagkas, on the Saronic Gulf near Eleusis. The main roads of Haidari are the Greek National Road 8 (the old road from Athens to Corinth) and the Iera odos.
==History== During the Turkish rule Haidari belonged to a certain Haydar Pasha, which may have been a nickname from the Arabic word ''haydar'', meaning 'lion'.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}
===Concentration camp=== {{main|Haidari concentration camp}} thumb|left|View of Palataki tower in Chaidari The Haidari concentration camp (Greek: στρατόπεδο συγκέντρωσης Χαϊδαρίου, ''stratópedo syngéntrosis Chaidaríou'', German: KZ Chaidari) was a concentration camp operated by the German Schutzstaffel in Haidari during the Axis Occupation of Greece from September 1943 to September 1944.
The camp is now a monument to the Greek Resistance.
==Sights of Interest== * Daphni Monastery * Palataki Tower * Julia & Alexander N. Diomedes Botanic Garden<ref>{{Cite web | title=Βοτανικός Κήπος Ιουλίας και Αλέξανδρου N. Διομήδους | url=https://diomedes-bg.gr | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608165150/https://diomedes-bg.gr/ | access-date=2026-01-24 | archive-date=2021-06-08}}</ref>
==See also== *Haidari FC
==Historical population== {| class="wikitable" ! Year !! Town !! Municipality |- | 1981 || - || 47,396 |- | 1991 || 44,831 || 47,437 |- | 2001 || 45,227 || 46,276 |- | 2011 || 45,642 || 46,897 |- | 2021 || - || 47,051 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.haidari.gr/ Municipal website]
{{Geographic location |Centre = Haidari |North = Aspropyrgos |Northeast = Petroupoli |East = Peristeri |Southeast = Agia Varvara, Aigaleo |South = Nikaia, Korydallos |Southwest = Perama, Keratsini |West = ''Saronic Gulf'' |Northwest = |image = }} {{Kallikratis-Attica}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Municipalities of Attica Category:Populated places in West Athens (regional unit) Category:Haidari