Petrota
Petrota is a village at the northernmost point of Greece, part of the municipal unit Trigono. It was created around 1530 by Greeks that moved there from Epirus and Malta.- Type: Village with 312 residents
- Description: village in Evros, Greece
- Also known as: “Karámpag”, “Καράμπαγ”, and “Карампаг”
- Postal code: 68007
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mezek and Pentalofos.
Mezek
Village
Mezek is a village in southeastern Bulgaria, part of Svilengrad municipality, Haskovo Province. Mezek is situated 6 km northwest of Petrota.
Pentalofos
Village
Pentalofos is a village in the northern part of the Evros regional unit in Greece. Pentalofos is situated 7 km southeast of Petrota.
Ormenio
Village
Ormenio is the northernmost place in all of Greece. Ormenio is situated 7 km northeast of Petrota.
Petrota
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Orestiada, Evros, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
41.69443° or 41° 41′ 40″ north
Longitude
26.1362° or 26° 8′ 10″ east
Population
312
Elevation
190 metres (623 feet)
Open location code
8GH8M4VP+QF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Petrota” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Карабаа”
- Dutch: “Petrota”
- Finnish: “Petrotá (Évros)”
- Finnish: “Petrotá”
- French: “Petrota”
- French: “Petrotá”
- German: “Petrota”
- Greek: “Πετρωτά Έβρου”
- Greek: “Πετρωτά”
- Irish: “Petrota”
- Italian: “Petrota”
- Russian: “Πетрοта”
- Russian: “Петрота”
- Turkish: “Petrota, Evros”
- Turkish: “Petrota”
- “Petrotá”
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