Kyani ( el, Κυανή meaning "blue") 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 between farmlands in the plains on 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 40 m elevation. In 2011 its population was 474. It is 3 km northeast of
Asvestades
Asvestades ( el, Ασβεστάδες) is a village in the municipality of Didymoteicho in the northern part of the Evros regional unit in Greece. It is 14 km west of the centre of Didymoteicho, in the hills south of the river Erythropotamos. ...
, 4 km southwest of
Mani
Mani may refer to:
Geography
* Maní, Casanare, a town and municipality in Casanare Department, Colombia
* Mani, Chad, a town and sub-prefecture in Chad
* Mani, Evros, a village in northeastern Greece
* Mani, Karnataka, a village in Dakshi ...
, and 10 km northwest of Didymoteicho.
Population
History
During the
Ottoman period
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Kyani was known under the name ''Çavuşlu''.
At the beginning of the 20th century, a Greek school with 25 students was under operation in the village.
[ Kyani became part of Greece after the end of ]World War I
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. Its current population is mostly descendants of Greek refugees
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from