Country Greece Local time Wednesday 8:43 PM Municipal unit Trigono | Time zone EET (UTC+2) Municipality Orestiada Regional unit Evros | |
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Weather 16°C, Wind NE at 6 km/h, 51% Humidity Administrative region Eastern Macedonia and Thrace | ||
Spilaio (Greek: Σπήλαιο meaning cave) is a village in the northern part of the Evros regional unit in Greece. It is in the municipal unit of Trigono. In 2011 its population was 334. It is in a relatively flat, agricultural area. The nearest larger villages are Dikaia to its north, and Plati to its southeast.
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Map of Spilaio 680 07, Greece
History
The village was founded by the Ottoman Turks, it was known as Ispitli 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.
References
Spilaio Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA