Karyochori

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Karyochori or Kariochori (Greek: Καρυοχώρι meaning walnut village from an alternative form of καρύδι), older forms -o and -on, is a village located 100 m north of the present spot of GR-1/E55 (Patras - Pyrgos), in Greece. Karyochori is part of the municipality of Agia Paraskevi in the province of Eordea in the [[Kozani Prefecture]. Karyochori is built in a valley at the elevation of 710 m. The name of the village during the Ottoman Rule was Kouzloukio and was renamed into Greek as Karyochori since 1928. The origin of the old name of Kouzloukio comes from the Turkish word kaz? meaning walnut. From this name, Karyochori has a lot of walnut trees. Karyochori comes from the word καρυά και χωριό (village) which means the village of walnuts.

Karyochori is connected with a road linking to Agia Paraskevi as well as Ptolemaida and GR-3/E65. Karyochori is located S of Florina, SW of Edessa, nearly W of Ptolemaida and N of Kozani.

1 Geography and Information
2 Other
3 Historical population
4 Persons
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Geography and Information

Location:
- Longitude: 21.871 (21°46'15") E
- Latitude: 38.501667 (38°30'1") N
Postal code: 502 00
Elevation:
- Lowest: eastern part
- Centre: 710 m
- Highest: mountain area
Dialing code: +11+30-24630 (030-24630)

Farmlands and forests along with grasslands cover much of the valley area of Karyochori. The mountains surround Karyochori. Forests and groves covers the rest of Karyochori especially along the valley. Mountains covers the rest of Karyochori. Walnuts is one of the main production. Other than walnuts comes brown coal that is founded in the mountains around Karyochori.

In the mid to late 20th century, Karyochori became connected with pavement.