Statistics
Capital:	Komotini
Area:	2,543 km²
Elevation:	Lowest: Aegean Sea Highest: Papingio
Inhabitants:	111,038(2001)
Population density:	43.66/km²
ISO 3166-2:	GR-73
FIPS code:	GR02
Car designation:	KO'
Code for the municipalities:	45xx
Number of provinces:	2
Number of municipalities:	9
Number of independent communes:	3
2-letter abbreviation/HASC:	RD
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Rodhopi (Greek: Ροδόπη) or Rodopi is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. It is within the East Macedonia and Thrace periphery and in central Thrace. The Papingio mountains cover the northern part which is part of the Rhodope mountains in which the prefecture is named after. The prefecture is bounded with Xanthi to the west, the Evros prefecture to the east and Bulgaria with the Kurdzhali Province to the north. The mountains covers the north and most of the east. The rest of the land are mainly farmlands including forests and grasslands. Komotini (or Komotene) is the current capital of the Greek department of Thrace, located in the north-east of Greece, Rodopi Prefecture. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... the Aegean Sea The Aegean sea as seen from the island of Santorini The Aegean Sea (Greek: Αιγαίον Πέλαγος, Aigaion Pelagos; Turkish: Ege Denizi) is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, located between the Greek peninsula and Anatolia (Asia Minor, now part of Turkey). ... ISO 3166-2:GR are ISO 3166-2 codes for Greece. ... FIPS could mean Federal Information Processing Standard, publicly announced standards developed by the U.S. Federal government. ... The Greek car license plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (f. ... The National Statistical Service of Greece (NSSG) is a General Secretariat of the Greek Ministry of Economy and Finance with more than 1100 employees. ... File links The following pages link to this file: Rodhopi Categories: GFDL images ... Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 51 prefectures (nomoi, singular - nomos): External link Map Categories: Lists of subnational entities | Prefectures of Greece ... Categories: Greece geography stubs ... In Greek mythology, Queen Rhodope of Thrace was the wife of Haemus. ... Xanthi (Greek: Ξάνθη) is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ... Evros (Greek: Έβρος) is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece and is the northernmost. ... Kurdzhali province shown within Bulgaria Kurdzhali (Cyrillic: Кърджалийска област Kurdzhalyska oblast) is a province of southern Bulgaria, neighbouring Greece with the Greek prefectures of Xanthi and Rodhopi to the south and east. ...

The capital of the prefecture is the city of Komotini. The second largest city is Sapes. Komotini (or Komotene) is the current capital of the Greek department of Thrace, located in the north-east of Greece, Rodopi Prefecture. ...

The greatest part of the only officially recognized religious minority in Greece, the Greek Muslim minority, is settled in this area. There has been considerable discourse between Greece and Turkey concerning the issue of whether the minority is a religious or an ethnic one. The Greek state recognizes this group as a religious minority of Greek Muslims, whereas the Turkish state regards them as Turkish Muslims. The term refers to an ethnically turkish muslim minority in Thrace, in north-east Greece. ...

Climate

The areas that mainly get Mediterranean climate is at the southern and the central portion. Its climate is mainly continental with cold winters in higher elevations and the northern part.

Transportation

• GR-2/E90, Via Egnatia, old and new, W, Cen., E, SE
• GR-53

Via Egnatia (Greek: Εγνατία Οδός) was a road constructed by the Romans around 146 BC. It was named after Gaius Ignatius, proconsul of Macedonia, who ordered its construction. ... Via Egnatia (Greek: Εγνατία Οδός) was a road constructed by the Romans around 146 BC. It was named after Gaius Ignatius, proconsul of Macedonia, who ordered its construction. ...

Places

• Iasmos
• Komotini
• Sapes

Komotini (or Komotene) is the current capital of the Greek department of Thrace, located in the north-east of Greece, Rodopi Prefecture. ...

Municipalities

Communities

• See also: Communities of Rodhopi

Here are communities and settlements of the Rodhopi prefecture in Greece: // A-B Agioi Theodoroi Aigiros Amaranta Amaxades Amfia Amvrosia Aratos Ardia Arisvi Arogi Arriana Arsakio Asomati C-D Chamilo Komotinis in the province of Komotini Chamilo Sapon, in the province of Sapes Chloi Darmeni Dialampi Dioni Dokos Drania Drosoni...

Capes and points

• Cape Kourousmilou