Echinos
Sign in to saveEchinos (; , Shahin) is a village and a community in the municipality Myki. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Myki, of which it was a municipal district. The 2021 census recorded 2,780 inhabitants in the community. The community of Echinos covers an area of 85.691 km2.
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- Locality
- Εχίνος
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Ανατολικής Μακεδονίας και Θράκης
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 2,780
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 673 00
- Greek Dimos.name
- Echinos
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- ΕχίνοςШахин
- Greek Dimos.type
- community
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Location within the regional unit
- Greek Dimos.periph
- East Macedonia and Thrace
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Xanthi
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Myki
- Greek Dimos.municunit
- Myki
- Greek Dimos.population
- 2780
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.area
- 85.691
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 333
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- +30-2544
- Greek Dimos.licence
- AH
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Echinos2.jpg
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Administrative division
- Geography
- Population
- Notable people
- References
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Echinos (; , Shahin) is a village and a community in the municipality Myki. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Myki, of which it was a municipal district. The 2021 census recorded 2,780 inhabitants in the community. The community of Echinos covers an area of 85.691 km2.
== History == thumb|right|150px|Karaca Ahmet Tekke Mosque in Echinos. According to the legend Echinos was founded during the 1360s by Lala Shahin Pasha, hence its old name Shahin.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Echinos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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