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'''Oraiokastro''' ({{langx|el|Ωραιόκαστρο}}, also '''Oreokastro''') is a municipality in the [[Thessaloniki (regional unit)|Thessaloniki regional unit]], Greece, and a suburb of [[Thessaloniki]].

==Municipality==
The municipality Oraiokastro was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:<ref name=Kallikratis>{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL8-SrPzKAEPjjtIl9LGdkF53UIxsx942CdyqxSQYNuqAGCF0IfB9HI6hq6ZkZV96FIukI0UzcPsWCK0LpLhpa7rhiWB4R5ntTnoWw7U8E1Amg.|title=ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text|language=el|publisher=[[Government Gazette (Greece)|Government Gazette]]}}</ref>
*[[Kallithea, Thessaloniki|Kallithea]]
*[[Mygdonia, Thessaloniki|Mygdonia]]
*Oraiokastro

The municipality has an area of 217.855&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> and the municipal unit Oreokastro which is located 11 km north of Thessaloniki. has an area of 21.855 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}}</ref> The municipality has a population of 40,004 inhabitants according to the October 2021 census.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dímos Oraiokástrou (Municipality, Greece) – Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.statistics.gr/documents/20181/17286366/FEK-2023-Tefxos-B-02802.pdf/cf59bd87-ddb9-84a2-d421-b08e89cb9542 |access-date= |website= |page=14 |language=el |format=PDF}}</ref> 

==Religious buildings==
[[File:Hellen temple in Thessaloniki, Greece.png|thumb|left|The Temple of the Hellenic Gods in Oraiokastro]]
The Temple of the [[Twelve Olympians|Hellenic Gods]] (Ελλήνων Ναός), a [[Hellenism (modern religion)|Hellenic]] temple, is located in Oraiokastro.<ref name=GGE>Γιώργος Λαμπίρης/Giórgos Lampíris. [http://www.newsbeast.gr/weekend/arthro/2008926/mithi-ke-alithies-gia-tin-elliniki-omada-e "Μύθοι και αλήθειες για την ελληνική Ομάδα Ε (Myths and Truths about the Greek Group E)"]. newsbeast.gr, 1 November 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2017</ref>

==References==
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