Chrysoupoli ( el, Χρυσούπολη, before 1925: Σαπαίοι - ''Sapaioi'' or Σαρή Σαμπάν - ''Sari Saban''
) is a town and a former municipality in the
Kavala regional unit,
East Macedonia and Thrace,
Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Nestos, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.
The municipal unit has an area of 245.181 km
2.
The population of the municipal unit of Chrysoupoli in 2011 was 16,004.

It was known as "Sarışaban" during Ottoman rule. It was a ''
kaza'' centre in the
Sanjak of Drama, part of the
Salonica Vilayet
The Vilayet of Salonica ( ota, ولايت سلانيك, Vilâyet-i Selânik) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire from 1867 to 1912. In the late 19th century it reportedly had an area of .[Balkan Wars
The Balkan Wars refers to a series of two conflicts that took place in the Balkan States in 1912 and 1913. In the First Balkan War, the four Balkan States of Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria declared war upon the Ottoman Empire and defe ...]
.
The
Nestos Nature Museum is situated in Chrysoupoli.
International relations
Chrysoupoli is
twinned
Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to:
* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
*
Jagodina,
Serbia
*
Zlatograd,
Bulgaria
References
Populated places in Kavala (regional unit)
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