Pefkochori ( el, Πευκοχώρι, ''Pefkochóri'' , meaning "pine village"; before 1965: KapsochoraName changes of settlements in Greece
/ref> (Καψοχώρα, ''Kapsochóra'')) is a tourist town located in the southeast of the peninsula of Kassandra, Chalkidiki,

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. Pefkochori is named after the

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trees which are abundant in the mountains of the area. The population in 2011 was 1,931 for the town and 1,962 for the community, which includes the villages Lefkes and Panorama. Its elevation is 10 m. Pefkochori is situated on the northeastern coast of the peninsula, 3 km southeast of Chaniotis, 4 km north of

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and 92 km southeast of

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