Didymoteicho Municipality
Sign in to saveDidymoteicho ( ) is a town located on the eastern edge of the Evros regional unit of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, in northeastern Greece. It is the seat of the municipality of the same name. The town (pop. 8,681 in 2021) sits on a plain and located south east of Svilengrad, south of Edirne, Turkey and Orestiada, west of Uzunköprü, Turkey, about 20 km north of Soufli and about 90 km north of Alexandroupoli. The municipality of Didymóteicho has a land area of 565.4 km2 and a population of 16,060 inhabitants.
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Didymoteicho
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipality
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- 2011 Dimos Didymotichou.svg
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Evros
- Greek Dimos.pop_municipality
- 16060
- Greek Dimos.area_municipality
- 565.4
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 13673
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 354.1
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 8681
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 31
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 683 00
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 25530
- Greek Dimos.licence
- OP
- Greek Dimos.website
- www.didymoteicho.gr
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- 20100523 view of city castles Didymoteicho Evros Greece.jpg
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- Panoramic view of Didymoteicho from the walls of the fortress May 2010. The structure with the pyramidal roof is the Çelebi Sultan Mehmed Mosque.
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- Instance of
- municipality of Greece
- Named after
- Didymoteicho
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- Evros Regional Unit
- Capital
- Didymoteicho
- Population
- 23308
- Area
- 565.372
- Shares border with
- Soufli Municipality
- Headquarters
- Didymoteicho
- Official website
- www.didymoteicho.gr/el
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Didymoteicho ( ) is a town located on the eastern edge of the Evros regional unit of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, in northeastern Greece. It is the seat of the municipality of the same name. The town (pop. 8,681 in 2021) sits on a plain and located south east of Svilengrad, south of Edirne, Turkey and Orestiada, west of Uzunköprü, Turkey, about 20 km north of Soufli and about 90 km north of Alexandroupoli. The municipality of Didymóteicho has a land area of 565.4 km2 and a population of 16,060 inhabitants.
==Etymology== "Didymoteicho" is the modern Greek form of , Didymóteichon, from , dídymos, "twin" and , teîchos, "wall". The name first appears in 591/592, and most resulted from the refortification of the city under Justinian I (see below).
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