Orfani
Ορφάνι | |
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Coordinates: 40°47′N 23°57′E / 40.783°N 23.950°E | |
Country | Greece |
Administrative region | East Macedonia and Thrace |
Regional unit | Kavala |
Municipality | Pangaio |
Area | |
• Municipal unit | 200.9 km2 (77.6 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[1] | |
• Municipal unit | 5,076 |
• Municipal unit density | 25/km2 (65/sq mi) |
• Community | 774 |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
Vehicle registration | ΚΒ |
Orfani ( Greek: Ορφάνι, formerly Ορφάνιον - Orfanion) is a village and a former municipality in the Kavala regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pangaio, of which it is a municipal unit [2] (municipal unit of Orfano [3]). The municipal unit has an area of 200.862 km2. [4] The municipal unit of Orfano has a population of 5,076, and the community of Orfani has 774 inhabitants (2021). [1] The seat of the municipality was Galipsos.
In the Ottoman tahrir defter (number 167) of 1530, the settlement is recorded as a village with the name Orfana, within the kaza of Zihne. [5] The town has been identified with the Byzantine Chrysopolis in Macedonia. [6] [7]
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Orfani
Ορφάνι | |
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Coordinates: 40°47′N 23°57′E / 40.783°N 23.950°E | |
Country | Greece |
Administrative region | East Macedonia and Thrace |
Regional unit | Kavala |
Municipality | Pangaio |
Area | |
• Municipal unit | 200.9 km2 (77.6 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[1] | |
• Municipal unit | 5,076 |
• Municipal unit density | 25/km2 (65/sq mi) |
• Community | 774 |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
Vehicle registration | ΚΒ |
Orfani ( Greek: Ορφάνι, formerly Ορφάνιον - Orfanion) is a village and a former municipality in the Kavala regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pangaio, of which it is a municipal unit [2] (municipal unit of Orfano [3]). The municipal unit has an area of 200.862 km2. [4] The municipal unit of Orfano has a population of 5,076, and the community of Orfani has 774 inhabitants (2021). [1] The seat of the municipality was Galipsos.
In the Ottoman tahrir defter (number 167) of 1530, the settlement is recorded as a village with the name Orfana, within the kaza of Zihne. [5] The town has been identified with the Byzantine Chrysopolis in Macedonia. [6] [7]
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