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Prefecture
Of Xanthi
- Area
(sq.km)::
1.793
- Population
(2001):
101.510
- Population
Density(hab/sq.km):
57
- Capital
City:
Xanthi
- Number
of Hotels:
12
- Number
of hotel Rooms:
991
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Camping
Sites
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Communal Myrodatou,
Mirodato Xanthi, Tel: 25410 51379
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Domestic
Port Authorities
- City:
Porto Lagos
- Harbour:
Lagos
- Category:
Deputy Port Authority
- Tel:
25410 96666
- VHF
Channels:
12, 19
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Long
Distance Buses
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From Athens daily to: XANTHI
- Ktel
Address:
Kifissou St.
- Tel:
210 5132084
- Route:
09.00, 19.00
- Return:
09.30, 19.00
- Price:
40,40
- Duration:
10 hrs
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Lakes
- Name:
Bistonis
- Location:
Xanthi
- Area
(Km2):
45,030
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Rivers
- Name:
Nestos
- Location:
Xanthi
- Length:
103km
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Mountaineering Clubs
- Name:
Xanthi Alpine Club
- Location:
Xanthi
- Address:
26, Brokoumi Street, or P.O. Box 190, 671 00 Xanthi
- Telephone:
25410 24818
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Mountain Refuges
- Name:
Livaditis Refuge
- Mountain:
Rodopi
- Office:
Xanthi Alpine Club
- Address:
P.O. Box 190671 00 Xanthi
- Place:
Livaditis (1.220 m)
- Capacity:
36 persons
- Heat:
Fireplace, central heating
- Water
Supply:
Spring at distance of 15 m
- Kitchen:
Organized
- Toilet:
Indoor
- Telephone:
25410 24818
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Carnivals
- Name:
Xanthi's Carnival
- Location:
Xanthi
- Description:
In Xanthi, during Carnival, people celebrate the revival
of the old custom of Tzaros or Tzarous (female). According
to local tradition, Tzaros or Tzarous was a human effigy,
placed on top of a pile of holm-oak brush-wood. On the
last Sunday of the Carnival, it is burnt in the open,
in a square or on a hill, so that they would not have
fleas during summer. This custom was brought by refugees
from Samakov in Eastern Thrace and is re-enacted each
year by the inhabitants of the Samakov village, near the
bridge over the River Kosynthos at Xanthi. The word Tzaros
comes from the particular noise of burning wood (the sizzling
sound). Immediately, after a fantastic fireworks demonstration
follows.
- Municipal
Development Enterprise, Xanthi:
Tel: 25410 73640, 25410 22632
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