Pangaio ( el, Παγγαίο) is a municipality in the

Kavala Kavala ( el, Καβάλα, ''Kavála'' ) is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala regional unit. It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos and on the Egnat ...

regional unit,

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, named after the

Pangaion hills The Pangaion Hills (; ; Homeric Greek: Nysa; also called Pangaeon, Pangaeum) are a mountain range in Greece, approximately 40 km from Kavala. The highest elevation is 1,956 m at the peak of Koutra. The Aegean Sea lies to the south and ...

. The seat of the municipality is in

Eleftheroupoli Eleftheroupoli ( el, Ελευθερούπολη, katharevousa: Ελευθερούπολις - ''Eleftheroupolis'', until 1929 Πράβι - ''Pravi'', bg, Правище; tr, Pravişte) is a town and a former municipality in the Kavala regional u ...

Municipality

The municipality Pangaio was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 5 former municipalities, that became municipal units: *

Eleftheres Eleftheres ( el, Ελευθερές) is a village and a former municipality in the Kavala regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pangaio, of which it is a municipal u ...

* OrfanoDe Jure

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*Pangaio * Piereis The municipality has an area of 701.427 km², the municipal unit 79.634 km².

Province

The province of Pangaio ( el, Επαρχία Παγγαίου) was one of the

provinces A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

of the Kavala Prefecture. It had the same territory as the present municipality, except a part of the municipal unit

. It was abolished in 2006.

References

Municipalities of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Provinces of Greece Populated places in Kavala (regional unit) {{EMacedoniaThrace-geo-stub

Municipality

Province

See also

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