Kipoi or Kipi ( el, Κήποι) is a village in Feres municipal unit, Evros regional unit in northeastern

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wi ...

. A major motorway

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between Greece and

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is located here. The town on the Turkish side is

İpsala İpsala (, ) is a town and district of Edirne Province in northwestern Turkey. It is the location of one of the main border checkpoints between Greece and Turkey. (The Greek town opposite İpsala is Kipoi.) The population is 8,332 (the city) an ...

. Kipoi was known as "Bahçeköy" ("Garden Village") or "Alibeyçiftliği" ("Ali Bey's Farm") during

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. The settlements was created with the migration of Arvanites from

in 1923. They largely originate from the inhabitants of the villages of

Qytezë Qytezë (or Qyteza in its definite form in Albanian) is a community in the Korçë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Devoll. The settlement is known for being the birthplace of Anast ...

and

Sultanköy Sultanköy is a town in Tekirdağ Province, Turkey. Geography Sultanköy is a coastal town in Marmaraereğlisi district of Tekirdağ Province. It is situated in Rumeli (Thrace, the European part of Turkey) to the northeast of Marmaraere� ...

. Kipoi is located on the right bank of the river Evros which forms the border between Greece and Turkey. The Kipoi border crossing is the eastern starting/ending point of

European route E90 European route E 90 is an A-Class West–East European route, extending from Lisbon in Portugal in the west to the Turkish– Iraqi border in the east. It is connected to the M5 of the Arab Mashreq International Road Network Itinerary ...

which is also the Greek Motorway A2, known as Egnatia Odos. The motorway connects to Turkish Highway D110.

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Greece–Turkey border crossings Populated places in Evros (regional unit) {{EMacedoniaThrace-geo-stub Albanian communities of Western Thrace