Orfani

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Orfani
Ορφάνι
Orfani

Coordinates: 40°47′N 23°57′E / 40.783°N 23.950°E / 40.783; 23.950Coordinates: 40°47′N 23°57′E / 40.783°N 23.950°E / 40.783; 23.950
Country Greece
Administrative region East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unit Kavala
Municipality Pangaio
Population (2001)[1]
  Municipal unit 5,140
Community
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Vehicle registration ΚΒ

Orfani (Turkish: Örfihane,Greek: Ορφάνι, formerly Ορφάνιον - Orfanion) is a village and a former municipality in the Kavala regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pangaio, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] The municipal unit has a population 5,140 (2001).[3] The seat of the municipality was Galipsos. The village of Orfani has 708 inhabitants (2001).[4]

Called Orfano in the 19th century, the town has been identified with the Byzantine Chrysopolis in Macedonia.[5][6]

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