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Xanthi [a] is a city in the region of Western Thrace, northeastern Greece. It is the capital of the Xanthi regional unit of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace . Amphitheatrically built on the foot of Rhodope mountain chain, the city is divided by the Kosynthos River, into the west part, where the old and the modern town are located, and ...
Xanthi was established as a prefecture in 1944 (Greek: Νομός Ξάνθης), when it was split off from the Rhodope Prefecture.As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the prefecture was transformed into a regional unit within the East Macedonia and Thrace region, with no change in its boundaries.
A map of the Rodopi Mountain Range National Park. The highly protected area of the park is highlighted with dark green and the rest of the park with a lighter hue. The eastern region of the park lies within the Balkan mixed forests ecoregion, while the rest of it covers a part of the Rodope montane mixed forests ecoregion. [4]
Rhodope borders on the regional unit Xanthi to the west and Evros to the east, and on Bulgaria's Kardzhali Province to the north. The Aegean Sea lies to the south. The eastern Rhodope Mountains cover the northern part of the regional unit. Apart from the mountainous areas, the territory consists mainly of farmland, forests and grasslands.
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Lagos (Greek: Λάγος) is a settlement in the Xanthi regional unit of Greece. It is part of the community Nea Kessani. It is situated on the bar separating Lake Vistonida from the Aegean Sea. In 1991, the settlement contained 371 inhabitants.
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The Clock tower of Xanthi (Greek: Πύργος του Ωρολογίου) is an Ottoman-era monument located in the central square of the town of Xanthi, in northern Greece (region of Western Thrace).