Echinos

Echinos is a village and a community in the municipality . Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of , of which it was a municipal district.
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  • Type: Town with 2,780 residents
  • Description: town in Xanthi regional unit, Greece
  • Also known as: “Ehinos”, “Sachín”, “Sahín”, “Εχίνος Ξάνθης”, “Σαχίν”, “Сахин”, “أكينوس، فثيوتيس”, and “اكينوس، فثيوتيس”
  • Postal code: 67300

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glafki and Kentavros.

Village
is a settlement in the Xanthi regional unit of . is situated 4 km west of Echinos.

Town
Photo: Juggertrout, CC0.
is a small village in the municipality of , in the Xanthi regional unit of . is situated 6 km south of Echinos.

Village
Photo: Costas78, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 6 km southwest of Echinos.

Echinos

Latitude
41.27585° or 41° 16′ 33″ north
Longitude
24.97254° or 24° 58′ 21″ east
Population
2,780
Elevation
322 metres (1,056 feet)
Open location code
8GH67XGF+82
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1810257883
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
736354
Wiki­data ID
Q269251
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Echinos” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إخينوس”
  • Asturian: “Echinos”
  • Bulgarian: “Шахин”
  • Cebuano: “Echínos”
  • Dutch: “Echinos”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اخينوس”
  • Finnish: “Echínos”
  • French: “Echínos”
  • German: “Echinos”
  • Greek: “Echínos”
  • Greek: “Εχίνος”
  • Japanese: “エキノス”
  • Macedonian: “Шахин”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ekhínos”
  • Persian: “اچینوس”
  • Romanian: “Echinos, Xanthi”
  • Russian: “Эхинос”
  • Swedish: “Echínos”
  • Turkish: “Şahin Köyü”
  • Turkish: “Şahin, İskeçe”
  • “Echínos”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Kapnoanthos and Βράχος.

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Highlights: Karaca Ahmet Mosque and Άγιος Γεώργιος.

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