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4 unusual facts about Evros


Army of the Evros

Hostilities between Greece and Turkey ceased with the Armistice of Mudanya, but the Armistice obliged the Greek army to evacuate Eastern Thrace (awarded to Greece with the Treaty of Sevres in 1920) and withdraw behind the Evros river.

Evros

the Greek name of the Maritsa river running through Bulgaria and forming the land border between Turkey and Greece

Imeros Rodopis

Imeros is an important geographical place, as it bonds the two regional units Xanthi and Evros.

Sitochori

Sitochori, Evros, a village in the municipality of Didymoteicho, Evros regional unit


Erythropotamos

It passes the villages Ladi, Mani and Koufovouno before flowing into the Evros just beyond Didymoteicho.

Orfeas

The town were rare affected by the Evros river flooding of February 17 to 22, 2005.

Ormenio

The Evros river forms the border with Bulgaria to the east-northeast, with a land boundary lying to the north-northwest.

Thymaria, Evros

The village of Thymaria was established in 1921 by Greek refugees from a village on the Turkish side of the river Evros named Çiftlikköy.


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