Country Greece Municipality Didymoteicho Regional unit Evros | Time zone EET (UTC+2) Municipal unit Didymoteicho | |
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Administrative region Eastern Macedonia and Thrace | ||
Koufovouno (Greek: Κουφόβουνο) is a settlement in the municipality of Didymoteicho in the northern Evros regional unit, Greece. It is situated on a low hill near the right bank of the river Erythropotamos, at 70 m elevation. In 2011 its population was 629. It is 3 km southwest of Ellinochori, 5 km southeast of Kyani, and 5 km west of Didymoteicho.
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Map of Koufovouno 683 00, Greece
History
During the Ottoman period, Koufovouno was inhabited mostly by Bulgarians and Turks. It was occupied by the Greeks at the end of World War I and it became a part of Greece. Its current population is mostly descendants of Greek refugees from Eastern Thrace.
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Koufovouno Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA