Sidironero (, before 1927: Οσενίτσα - ''Osenitsa'', , ) is a village and a former

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in the Drama regional unit,

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. It has traditionally had a Bulgarian Muslim, or Pomak citizenry,http://macedonia.kroraina.com/vk/vk_2_21.htm like the rest of the Chech geographic region. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

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, of which it is a municipal unit. It lies in the

Rhodope Mountains The Rhodopes (; , ; , ''Rodopi''; ) are a mountain range in Southeastern Europe, and the largest by area in Bulgaria, with over 83% of its area in the southern part of the country and the remainder in Greece. Golyam Perelik is its highest peak ...

region along the

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n border in the northern part of the Drama regional unit between Kato Nevrokopi and Paranesti. Its land area is . The municipal unit is subdivided into two local communities (constituent villages listed in brackets): *Sidironero (Kallikarpo, Oropedio, Pappades, Sidironero) * Skaloti The population of the municipal unit was 239 inhabitants, of which 198 in the community of Sidironero, at the 2021 census.

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Populated places in Drama (regional unit) Chech Drama, Greece {{EMacedoniaThrace-geo-stub