Alexandroupoli (also Alexandroupolis, Greek: Αλεξανδρούπολη - Alexandroúpoli) is a city of Greece and the capital of the Evros Prefecture in Thrace.
Alexandroupoli - Geography.
Alexandroupoli is about 14.5 kilometres west of the mouth of the river Maritsa (Evros) and the border with Turkey, 391 kilometres from Thessaloniki, and 849 kilometres from Athens. At the 1991 census the main city had a population of 36,994, and the municipality had a population of 38,220.
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The city's history only goes back to the 19th century. Long used as a landing ground for fishermen from the coast of Samothrace opposite, the location was known as Dedeagatch (Greek: Dedeagats, and Dedeağaç in Turkish, meaning "tree of the monk"). The name was based on a local tradition of a wise dervish having spent much of his time in the shade of a local tree and being eventually buried beside it.
A small settlement developed in the area during the construction of a railway line connecting Constantinople to the majo ...
