Country Greece Local time Thursday 6:55 AM Municipal unit Didymoteicho | Time zone EET (UTC+2) Municipality Didymoteicho Regional unit Evros | |
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Weather 4°C, Wind W at 3 km/h, 86% Humidity Administrative region Eastern Macedonia and Thrace | ||
Sitochori (Greek: Σιτοχώρι) is a village in the northern part of the Evros regional unit, Greece. It is part of the municipality of Didymoteicho. In 2011 its population was 326. Sitochori is located about 20 km northwest of central Didymoteicho, and north of the river Erythropotamos.
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Map of Sitochori 683 00, Greece
History
Before 1913 Sitochori was under Ottoman Turkish control. After a brief period of Bulgarian rule between 1913 and 1919, it became part of Greece. The village was first known as Skourtochori (Σκουρτοχώρι) and was renamed to its current name, Sitochori, in 1954.
References
Sitochori, Evros Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA