Dimitra (, before 1961: Αράπης – ''Arapis'') is a village of the Deskati municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of

Chasia Chasia () is a forested mountain range in the northern Trikala (Thessaly) and the southern Grevena (Western Macedonia) regional units, northern Greece. It is an eastern extension of the Pindus mountain range. The elevation of its highest peak, ...

. The 2021 census recorded 306 inhabitants in the village. Dimitra is a part of the community of

Karpero Karpero (, before 1927: Δημηνίτσα – ''Diminitsa'') is a village and a community of the Deskati municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Chasia, of which it was a municipal district. The 20 ...

. The 1920 Greek census recorded 159 people in the village. Following the

Greek–Turkish population exchange The 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey stemmed from the "Convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations" signed at Lausanne, Switzerland, on 30 January 1923, by the governments of Greece and Turkey. It involv ...

Greek refugee Greek refugees is a collective term used to refer to the more than one million Greek Orthodox natives of Asia Minor, Thrace and the Black Sea areas who fled during the Greek genocide (1914-1923) and Greece's later defeat in the Greco-Turkish War ( ...

families in Arapis were from

Pontus Pontus or Pontos may refer to: * Short Latin name for the Pontus Euxinus, the Greek name for the Black Sea (aka the Euxine sea) * Pontus (mythology), a sea god in Greek mythology * Pontus (region), on the southern coast of the Black Sea, in modern ...

(32) in 1926. The 1928 Greek census recorded 284 village inhabitants. In 1928, the refugee families numbered 32 (113 people).

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Populated places in Grevena (regional unit) Deskati {{WestMacedonia-geo-stub

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