Sarakinoi (, before 1925: Σαρακίνοβο – ''Sarakinovo'') is a village and a community in the municipal unit of

Aridaia Aridaía (, , ) is a town and a former Municipalities and communities of Greece, municipality in the Pella (regional unit), Pella regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the Almopia municipality, of which ...

in the western Pella regional unit,

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. In 2021 its population was 398 for the community, which includes the village Kato Koryfi. Sarakinoi is located in the southeastern part of the

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, at 640 m elevation. It is 5 km west of Polykarpi, 6 km south of

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, 11 km southwest of

and 15 km northwest of

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. Forests cover most of the area.

Demographics

Sarakinoi had 356 inhabitants in 1981. In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Sarakinoi was populated by Slavophones. The

Macedonian language Macedonian ( ; , , ) is an Eastern South Slavic language. It is part of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family, and is one of the Slavic languages, which are part of a larger Balto-Slavic languages, Balto-Slavic branch. Sp ...

was used by people of all ages, both in public and private settings, and as the main language for interpersonal relationships. Some elderly villagers had little knowledge of Greek. Table 4: Sarakinoi, 356; S, M1; S = Slavophones, M = macédonien"

Notable people

* Aggelis Gatsos, Greek Revolutionary * Petros Gatsos, Greek Revolutionary * Dimitrios Gatsos, Greek Revolutionary,

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of the

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* Alexandros Giovannos, commander in the

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References

{{Almopia div Populated places in Pella (regional unit) Almopia

Demographics

Notable people

See also

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