Megali Doxipara

Megali Doxipara
Μεγάλη Δοξιπάρα
Location
Megali Doxipara
Coordinates
Government
Country: Greece
Region: East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unit: Evros
Municipality: Orestiada
Municipal unit: Orestiada
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Village
 - Population: 410
Other
Time zone: EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Auto: OP

Megali Doxipara (Greek: Μεγάλη Δοξιπάρα) is a village in the municipality of Orestiada in the northern part of the Evros regional unit in Greece. Megali Doxipara is located about 23 km west of the centre of Orestiada. The nearest villages are Doxa to the south, Chandras to the east and Zoni to the west.

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Population

Year Population
1981 550
1991 467
2001 410

History

Before 1913 it was ruled by the Ottomans. The village was known as Dugantzi then. After a brief period of Bulgarian rule between 1913 and 1919, it became part of Greece. As a result its Bulgarian and Turkish population was exchanged with Greek refugees, mainly from today's Turkey.

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