Orestiada
Orestiada, is the northeasternmost, northernmost and newest city of Greece and the second largest of the Evros regional unit of Thrace. It was founded in 1923 by Greek refugees from Edirne, after the population exchange between Greece and Turkey.- Type: Locality with 39,400 residents
- Description: municipality of Evros, Greece
- Also known as: “Orestiada Municipality” and “Орестијада”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fylakio and Elaia.
Elaia
Village
Elaia is a village in the northern part of the Evros regional unit, Greece. Elaia is situated 4 km northwest of Orestiada.
Plati
Village
Plati is a village in the northern part of the Evros regional unit in Greece. Plati is situated 4½ km north of Orestiada.
Orestiada
- Category: municipality of Greece
- Location: Evros, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
41.5911° or 41° 35′ 28″ north
Longitude
26.3469° or 26° 20′ 49″ east
Population
39,400
Elevation
61 metres (200 feet)
Open location code
8GH8H8RW+CQ
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Orestiada” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Орестиада”
- Cebuano: “Dimos Orestiada”
- Chinese: “奥雷斯蒂阿斯”
- French: “dème d’Orestiáda”
- French: “Dème d’Orestiáda”
- German: “Orestiada”
- Greek: “Δήμος Ορεστιάδας”
- Greek: “Ορεστιάδας”
- Ido: “Municipo Orestiada”
- Macedonian: “Кумчифтлии”
- Polish: “Orestiada”
- Romanian: “Municipalitatea Orestiada”
- Russian: “Орестиас”
- Serbian: “Општина Орестијада”
- Swedish: “Dimos Orestiada”
- Turkish: “Orestiada Belediyesi”
- Ukrainian: “Орестіас (громада)”
- Ukrainian: “Орестіас”
- Vietnamese: “Orestiada”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Orestiada”
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