Trígono (, , meaning "triangle") is a former municipality in the Evros regional unit,

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, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality

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, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 392.538 km². The seat of the municipality was in Dikaia. The municipality was created in 1997 under the Capodistrian Plan. Trigono is the country's northernmost municipal unit, situated in the triangle between the rivers Evros and Ardas. It borders

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to the north and west, and Turkey to the northeast. The nearest cities are

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(Bulgaria) to the north,

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(Turkey) to the east, and Orestiada to the southeast. The area consists mainly of low hills, with plains in the river valleys, and higher elevations up to 400 m towards the west. The area of Trigono was under Ottoman Turkish rule until 1912-1913

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. After 7 years of Bulgarian rule, it was ceded to Greece in 1920.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Trigono is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Arzos (Arzos, Kanadas) * Dikaia (Dikaia, Dilofos, Krios, Palli) * Elaia * Therapeio * Komara * Marasia * Milia * Ormenio * Pentalofos * Petrota * Plati *

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* Spilaio

Population

References

{{Trigono Populated places in Evros (regional unit) Orestiada el:Δήμος Ορεστιάδας#Ενότητα Τριγώνου