Nea Efesos (
Greek
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: Νέα Έφεσος) is a
rural settlement
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of the former Municipality of
Dio, which is part of the municipality of
Dio-Olympos
Dion-Olympos ( el, Δίον-Όλυμπος, ''Díon-Ólympos'') is a municipality in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Litochoro. The municipality has an area of 495.314 km2.
Municipal ...
, in the
Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece.
Name
The settlement was recently renamed Νέα Έφεσος (New Ephesus), because of the settlement of Greeks from the region of ancient Ephesus as a result of the Population exchange between Greece and Turkey, 1923 Greek-Turkish population exchange.
In 2007 a weather station was installed in the area.
Population
Nea Efesos has 1,564 inhabitants as of 2011.
References
Νέα Έφεσος Πιερίας
{{Municipality of Dio-Olympos
Populated places in Pieria (regional unit)