# Sindos

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**Sindos** (Greek: Σίνδος; Latin: *Sindus*) is a suburb of [Thessaloniki](/source/Thessaloniki), [Greece](/source/Greece). It is the seat of the municipality of [Delta](/source/Delta,_Thessaloniki). Sindos is home to the main campus of the [Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki](/source/Alexander_Technological_Educational_Institute_of_Thessaloniki) and the Industrial Zone of the city. The community Sindos has an area of 47.248 km2.[1] The population was 9,406 at the 2021 census.[2]

## History

In antiquity, Sindos was noted by [Herodotus](/source/Herodotus) (vii. 123); and [Stephanus of Byzantium](/source/Stephanus_of_Byzantium) as a maritime town of [Mygdonia](/source/Mygdonia_(Europe)) in [Macedonia](/source/Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)), between [Therme](/source/Therma) and [Chalastra](/source/Chalastra).[3][4]

## Transport

The settlement is severed by [Sindos railway station](/source/Sindos_railway_station), on the [Piraeus–Platy railway](/source/Piraeus%E2%80%93Platy_railway)[5] and [Thessaloniki–Bitola railway](/source/Thessaloniki%E2%80%93Bitola_railway).[6] Sindos - Thessaloniki transportation is facilitated by the lines 52, 80 and 51 of OASTH bus, where the central railway station serves as starting point.[7]

## References

1. ["Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)"](http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.

1. census21

1. "Sindus". Vol. 2.

1. ["OSE - 2020 Network Statement Annexes"](https://www.ose.gr/en/o-s-e/network?download=111:network-statement-2020-2-2-eng)

1. ["OSE - 2017 Network Statement Annexes"](http://www.ose.gr/en/o-s-e/network?download=78:network-statement-2017-2-2)

1. ["Organisation of Urban Transportation of Thessaloniki: Home"](https://www.oasth.gr/en/)

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