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Flag of Chaidari - Image by Tomislav Šipek, 7 July 2019
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The municipality of Chaidari (46,897 inhabitants in 2011, 2,266 ha) is a suburbs in the western part of the Athens
agglomeration. It is situated west of central Athens, and north of Piraeus.
The municipality was not changed with the 2011 local government reform.
The eastern part of the municipality, where the town of Chaidari is situated, is densely populated and forms a continuous built up area with the inner suburbs of Athens. The Aigaleo hills run through the central part of the municipality. The pine forest of Dafni and the Dafni Monastery lie on the eastern slopes of Aigaleo. The westernmost part of Chaidari is the small industrial port town of Skaramagkas, on the Saronic Gulf near Eleusis.
Olivier Touzeau, 30 January 2015
The flag of Chaidari (photo) is white with the emblem of the municipality.
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Emblem detail - Image by Tomislav Šipek, 7 July 2019
The emblem features the Chaidari concentration camp, operated by the German SS in during the Axis Occupation of Greece from September 1943 to September 1944, now a monument to the Greek Resistance.Olivier Touzeau & Tomislav Šipek, 7 July 2019