Polykastro

Polykastro is a town and a former municipality in regional unit of , . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality , of which it is a municipal unit, and the seat.
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  • Type: Town with 6,490 residents
  • Description: town in Kilkis, Macedonia, Greece
  • Also known as: “Karasuli”, “Policastron”, “Políkastron”, and “Polýkastron”
  • Historically known as: “Karasouli”, “Karasoúli”, and “Mavrosoúli”
  • Postal codes: 612 00 and 61200

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Axioupolis and Latomeio.

Town
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Axioupoli, known until 1927 as Boymitsa, is a small town and a former municipality in the former Paionia Province of , Greek Macedonia. is situated 2½ km west of Polykastro.

Hamlet
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is a small village of Polykastro municipal unit of the municipality of , . Its inhabitants were 12 people in 2001 census. is situated 5 km northeast of Polykastro.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 7 km south of Polykastro.

Polykastro

Latitude
40.99459° or 40° 59′ 41″ north
Longitude
22.5721° or 22° 34′ 20″ east
Population
6,490
Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)
United Nations Location Code
GR PLK
Open location code
8GG4XHVC+RR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 134416657
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
734540
Wiki­data ID
Q1747381
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Polykastro” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بوليكاسترو”
  • Armenian: “Պոլիկաստրոն”
  • Asturian: “Polykastro”
  • Bulgarian: “Ругуновец”
  • Cebuano: “Polýkastro”
  • Chinese: “波利卡斯特罗”
  • Chinese: “波利卡斯特龙”
  • Church Slavic: “Роугоуновьць”
  • Dutch: “Polykastro”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بوليكاسترو”
  • Finnish: “Polýkastro”
  • French: “Karasouli”
  • French: “Polikastro”
  • French: “Polykastro”
  • French: “Polýkastro”
  • German: “Polykastro”
  • Greek: “Καρασούλι” (historical)
  • Greek: “Πολύκαστρο”
  • Greek: “Πολύκαστρον”
  • Hebrew: “פוליקסטרו”
  • Italian: “Polykastro”
  • Japanese: “ポリカストロ”
  • Japanese: “ポリカストロン”
  • Macedonian: “Кара Суле”
  • Macedonian: “Карасуле”
  • Macedonian: “Карасули”
  • Macedonian: “Поликастро”
  • Macedonian: “Ругуновец”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Polýkastro”
  • Polish: “Polikastro”
  • Pontic: “Καρασούλι”
  • Russian: “Поликастрон”
  • Serbian: “Polikastro”
  • Serbian: “Поликастро”
  • Serbian: “Ругуновец”
  • Spanish: “Polikastro”
  • Spanish: “Polykastro”
  • Swedish: “Polýkastro”
  • Turkish: “Karasulu”

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