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Prefecture of Xanthi

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	East Macedonia and Thrace Avdira Aegiros Alexandroupoli Arriana Vistonida Vyssa Didymoticho Doxato Drama Eleftheres Thassos Iasmos Kavala Kato Nevrokopi Komotini Kyprinos Maronia Metaxades Myki Nikiforos Xanthi Orestiada Orfeas Pagheo Prosotsani Samothraki Sapes Sitagroi Soufli Stavroupoli Sostis Topiros Traianoupoli Trigono Tychero Feres Filippi Chryssoupoli Amaxades Thermes Organi Prefecture of Drama Prefecture of Evros Prefecture of Kavala Prefecture of Xanthi Prefecture of Rhodope Old Town

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20/05/2009
Prefecture of Xanthi: Culture

The first reference to Xanthia, to which Xanthi owns its name, is cited by the Strabo the geographer in his work Geographica, in the beginning of the 1st cent. AD. However, the exact location of the area is not specified. According to Ekataios, it is possible that the name of the area derived from the Thracian tribe Xanthous.