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Pythio





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GEOGRAPHY


  • Location:

  • ---Longitude: 26.6115 (26°36'42') E

  • ---Latitude: 41.3795 (41°22'44') N

  • Postal code: 683 00

  • Elevation: 55 m

  • Name of inhabitants or related: Pythian ''sing.'', -s ''pl''

  • Dialing code: +11+30- 2552 (030-25520)


The hills are situated to the west. Farmlands surround the area are to the north and to the west. The forests near the Evros lies to the northeast and to the south and further west.


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Pythio has a school, a lyceum, a church, a train station (Alexandroupoli - Soufli - Uzunköprü - Istanbul) and (north to Orestiada) with a junction east of Pythio and a square ('' Plateia '').


HISTORY


On February 18, 2005 , the flooding of the Evros began as water levels went as high as 6.5 m above ground, thats 10 cm above the embankment level which is danger to its residents. Pythio was flooded. Three days later, the weater level dropped to 5.48 m, belwo the danger level of 5.70 m.

Another flood which began from March 1, 2005 flooded several places again and a town which flooded a local school that has a playground leaving the top of the basketball nets unflooded in Pythio . Several other buildings, roads and southwest to Didymoteicho. The third flood of the year later reached the low lying areas of Pythio, Amorio and Lavara along with Didymoteicho. The water level on March 8 was 5.8 m.


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