Diavata Explained

Diavata
Name Local:Διαβατά
Type:community
Periph:Central Macedonia
Periphunit:Thessaloniki
Municipality:Delta
Municunit:Echedoros
Population:11876
Area:8.967
Population As Of:2021
Coordinates:40.6883°N 73.5°W
Postal Code:570 08
Area Code:+30-231
Licence:NA to NX
Elevation:20

Diavata (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Διαβατά) is a town in Central Macedonia Greece. A community of the Delta municipality.[1] Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Echedoros, of which it was a municipal district.[1] The community of Diavata covers an area of 8.967sqkm.[2] Many inhabitants are descendants from the Armenian majority town of Eğin in Anatolia who survived the Armenian genocide and were resettled in the 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey.

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  1. Web site: ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities. el. Government Gazette.
  2. Web site: Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) . National Statistical Service of Greece . el . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf . 2015-09-21 .