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For the village in Arcadia, Greece, see Sarakini.
Sarakinoi (Greek: Σαρακηνοί) is a village and a municipal district in the municipality of Aridaia in the western Pella Prefecture, Greece. It is located in the Vorras border mountain range. Its 2001 population was 375 for the village and 471 for the municipal district. It was known as Sarakinovo. It lies on the road connecting Aridaia via Polykarpo and the GR-2 (Florina - Thessaloniki - Alexandroupoli - Pelopio) and will connect with a future (not uncertain) superhighway (the new GR-2). Its elevation is 570 m and overlooks the Maglenitsa Valley including the river that empties into the Loudias or the Aliakmon and the Thermian Gulf.
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Settlement
- Kato Koryfi (2001 pop: 96)
Nearest places
- Megaloplatanos, north (distance: 5 km)
- Monastiraki, NE (distance: 5 km)
- Kerassies, south (distance: about 5 km)
- Kato Koryfi, west (distance: 2 to 3 km)
Population
Year Village population Municipal district population 1981 482 - 1991 335 - 2001 375 471 Location and transportation
Sarakini is located SW of Aridaia, WNW of Thessaloniki and north of Edessa.
The village has about 3 to 4 km of paved road, 3 to 4 km of gravel road and has about 2 to 3 km of hydro and phone lines.
Geography
Most of the area are made up of forests, farmlands covers a part of the area.
People
- Aggelis Gatsos, a Slavophone revolutionary leader
History
Prior to the Second Balkan War, the village was largely Slavic speaking. After World War II and the Greek Civil War emigration occurred. In 1997, the ex-community (now a village and a municipal district) joined to become the newly formed/expanded municipality of Aridaia. In the early 1920s, refugees arrived from Asia Minor during the Asia Minor Catastrophe when they fled from the Turks, the Slavic speaking inhabitants moved mainly northward.
Other
There is an elementary school, a church and a square. The nearest high school is in Aridaia.
Its economy is based mainly on agricultural products.
See also
- List of places in the Pella prefecture
External links
Coordinates: 40°54′57″N 21°57′9″E / 40.91583°N 21.9525°E
Municipal unit of Aridaia Aloros · Apsalos · Aridaia · Dorothea · Garefeio · Loutraki · Lykostomo · Megaplatanos · Orma · Piperies · Polykarpi · Promachoi · Sarakinoi · Sosandra · Tsakoi · Voreino · XifianiMunicipal unit of Exaplatanos Archangelos · Chrysi · Exaplatanos · Filoteia · Foustani · Ida · Konstantia · Milea · Neromyloi · Notia · Perikleia · Theodorakeio · ThiriopetraCategories:- Populated places in Pella (peripheral unit)
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