Sindos
# Sindos

Sindos (Greek: Σίνδος; Latin: Sindus; is a suburb of Thessaloniki, Greece. It is the seat of the municipality of Delta. Sindos is home to the main campus of the Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki and the Industrial Zone of the city. The community Sindos has an area of 47.248 $km^2.$ The population was 9,289 at the 2011 census.

In antiquity, Sindos was noted by Herodotus (vii. 123); and Stephanus of Byzantium as a maritime town of Mygdonia in Macedonia, between Therme and Chalastra. The site of the ancient town is tentatively identified with a location near modern Nea Ankhialos, located at 40°40′12″N 22°48′00″E﻿ / ﻿40.669962°N 22.800064°E﻿ / 40.669962; 22.800064.

