East Macedonia and Thrace
 East Macedonia and Thrace Region Περιφέρεια Ανατολικής Μακεδονίας και Θράκης |
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| State : | Greece |
| Surface: | 14,157 km² |
| Residents: | 608,182 (2011) |
| Population density: | 44.02 inhabitants per km² |
| Capital: | Komotini |
| Regional districts : | 6th |
| Municipalities : | 22nd |
| NUTS 2 code : | EL51 |
| Website : | www.remth.gr |
East Macedonia and Thrace , also East Macedonia and Thrace , ( Greek Ανατολική Μακεδονία και Θράκη , Anatoliki Makedonia ke Thraki ) is the northernmost of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece and consists of the eastern part of Greek Macedonia and the Greek part . The capital of the region is Komotini .
geography
East Macedonia and Thrace is located in northern Greece and borders in the Rhodope Mountains north of Bulgaria , to the east of the river separates Evros , the Greek west of Eastern Thrace, the European part of Turkey belongs. In the west, the mountain ranges of the mountains Mavro Vouno , Menikio and Pangeo separate the region from the valley of the Strymonas , which belongs to Central Macedonia . In the south, the region is bounded by the Aegean coast to the Thracian Sea , into which the rivers Nestos , Xiropotamos and Evros drain. The islands of Thasos and Samothrace belong to the region.
The regional districts of Drama , Kavala and Thasos belong to the historical area of Macedonia ; the regions of Xanthi , Rodopi and Evros belong to Thrace .
population
In 2001 there were 623,248 inhabitants in East Macedonia and Thrace, the majority of them Greeks . Western Thrace is the traditional settlement area of the Muslim minority of Greece, which is estimated to have at least 100,000 people. The majority of them are Turks , and around 39,000 Bulgarian- speaking Pomaks and several thousand Muslim Roma live in the region. The historical Thracian areas in particular are populated by Muslims, as Thrace was excluded from the population exchange as a result of the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923 . Like many areas of northern Greece, the area of the region was otherwise affected by this same population exchange, so that many of the Greeks residing here come from families who were expelled from the Ottoman Empire and settled here in the 1920s .
politics
The first regional elections in Greece in 2010 resulted in a clear majority in the PA.SO.K. for the regional council; Aristidis Giannakidis could win the post of governor for his list
| Regional elections in East Macedonia and Thrace on November 7th and 14th, 2010 | |||||||||
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| Electoral alliance | pole. Affiliation | be right | in % | Seats | be right | in % | Seats | Seat distribution (51 seats) | |
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Kinoniki Symmachia gia tin Periferia Anatolikis Makedonias - Thrace (Κοινωνική Συμμαχία για την Περιφέρεια Ανατολικής Μακεδονίας - Θράκης) |
 PA.SO.K.
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150.257 | 41.75 | 11 | 136,768 | 52.57 | 20th | 31 |
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| Periferiaki Avagennisi (Περιφερειακή Αναγέννηση) |
 ND
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147,845 | 41.08 | 11 | 123.411 | 47.43 | 5 | 16 | |
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Laiki Syspirosi Anatolikis Makedonias ke Thrakis (Λαϊκή Συσπείρωση Ανατολικής Μακεδονίας και Θράκης) |
 KKE
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27,852 | 7.74 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Aristeri Ikologiki Synergasia (Αριστερή Οικολογική Συνεργασία) |
 SYRIZA
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16.609 | 4.62 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ikologia Allilengyn (Οικολογία Αλληλεγγύν) |
 Ecologists / Greens
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10,787 | 3.00 | 1 | 1 | ||||
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Andarsia stin Anatoliki Makedonia ke Thraki (Ανταρσία στην Ανατολική Μακεδονία και Θράκη) |
6,523 | 1.81 | - | ||||||
Regional districts and municipalities
The region of East Macedonia and Thrace is divided into six regional districts and 22 municipalities. In proportion to their population, the regional districts send a certain number of members to the 51-member regional council.
| Regional district | Residents | Seats | Communities |
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| drama | 98.287 | 9 | Doxato , Drama , Nevrokopi , Paranesti , Prosotsani |
| Evros | 147.947 | 12 | Alexandroupoli , Didymoticho , Orestiada , Samothraki , Soufli |
| Kavala | 124.917 | 11 | Kavala , Nestos , Pangeo |
| Rodopi | 112.039 | 9 | Arriana , Iasmos , Komotini , Maronia-Sapes |
| Thasos | 13,770 | 1 | Thasos |
| Xanthi | 111.222 | 9 | Avdira , Myki , Topiros , Xanthi |
economy
In comparison with the GDP of the EU expressed in purchasing power standards , the region achieved an index of 60.9 in 2006 (EU-27 = 100). In 2018 the unemployment rate was 15.9%.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
- ↑ Information from the Greek Foreign Ministry on the Muslim minority
- ↑ Klaus Steinke: Pomakisch. In: Miloš Okuka (Ed.): Lexicon of the Languages of the European East . Klagenfurt 2002 ( PDF; 142 kB )
- ^ Election results for East Macedonia and Thrace
- ↑ Greek Ministry of the Interior: Circular No. 19 on the implementation of the elections of November 7, 2010 for the regional authorities (gr 2010 ( PDF online ( Memento from September 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), 557 kB)
- ↑ Eurostat News Release 23/2009: Regional GDP per inhabitant in the EU27 (PDF file; 360 kB)
- ↑ Unemployment rate, by NUTS 2 regions. Retrieved May 10, 2019 .
