Koufovouno ( el, Κουφόβουνο) is a settlement in the municipality of
Didymoteicho
Didymoteicho ( el, Διδυμότειχο, Didymóteicho ) is a city 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 ...
in the northern
Evros regional unit,
Greece
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. It is situated on a low hill near the right bank of the river
Erythropotamos
The Erythropotamos ( el, Ερυθροπόταμος, meaning "red river") or Luda reka ( bg, Луда река, meaning "mad river") is a river in southern Bulgaria (Haskovo Province) and northeastern Greece ( Evros regional unit). Its Turkish na ...
, at 70 m elevation. In 2011 its population was 629. It is 3 km southwest of
Ellinochori, 5 km southeast of
Kyani
Kyani ( el, Κυανή meaning "blue") is a settlement in the municipality of Didymoteicho in the northern Evros regional unit, Greece. It is situated between farmlands in the plains on the right bank of the river Erythropotamos, at 40 m elevation ...
, and 5 km west of Didymoteicho.
History
During the
Ottoman period, Koufovouno was inhabited mostly by Bulgarians and Turks. It was occupied by the Greeks at the end of
World War I
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and it became a part of Greece. Its current population is mostly descendants of
Greek refugees
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from
Eastern Thrace
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*Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways
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.
Population
See also
*
List of settlements in the Evros regional unit
This is a list of settlements in the Evros regional unit, Greece:
* Aisymi
* Alepochori
* Alexandroupoli
* Amorio
* Ampelakia
* Antheia
* Ardani
* Arzos
* Asimenio
* Asproneri
* Asvestades
* Avas
* Chandras
* Dadia
* Didymoteicho
* Di ...
References
External links
Koufovouno at the GTP Travel Pages
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Didymoteicho
Populated places in Evros (regional unit)