Municipality of Thessaloniki

Municipality of Thessaloniki Δήμος Θεσσαλονίκης
View of the city and the sea from the upper city
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Thessaloniki (regional unit)
Government
• Mayor	Yiannis Boutaris
Area
• Municipality	19.307 km2 (7.454 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Municipality	324,766
• Municipality density	17,000/km2 (44,000/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	http://www.thessaloniki.gr/

The Municipality of Thessaloniki (Greek: Δήμος Θεσσαλονίκης) is the second largest municipality by population in Greece after the Municipality of Athens. According to the 2011 Greek census, it has a population of 324,766 inhabitants. The municipality includes the historical center (including the majority of city's monuments) and about one third of the Thessaloniki Urban Area.

The Municipality of Thessaloniki was founded in 1869, one year after the foundation of the Municipality of Istanbul. The first mayor of the city was the Ottoman Suleiman Sundi. Another notable mayor of the Ottoman era was Ahmed Hamdi Bey Galizade (1893–1895, 1901–1907, 1907–1908) while the last Muslim mayor was Osman Sait Bey (1912–1916, 1920–1922), who remained in office until the Greek–Turkish population exchange. The first Greek mayor of Thessaloniki was Konstantinos Angelakis while the current mayor is Yiannis Boutaris, who is in office since 2010.

The Municipality is divided in six municipal districts; First which includes the historical centre of the city, the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair's, the University's regions etc., Second which includes suburbs such as Vardari and , Third (Eptapyrgio and Ano Poli) Fourth (Toumba), Fifth (Nea Elvetia, Charilaou, Analipsi etc.) and the former municipality of Triandria.

The Municipality of Thessaloniki owns the management of several culture sites. The Municipal Art Gallery, the Municipal Theatre Aneton, the History Center of Thessaloniki (), Vafopouleion (), the Culture Centre of Western Thessaloniki, Alaca Imaret, Yeni Cami, Villa Petridi and also several local libraries are under the administration of the municipality.