Orfani

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Orfani (Greek: Ορφάνι, formerly Ορφάνιον - Orfanion) is a village and a former municipality in the Kavala regional unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. The seat of the municipality was Galipsos. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pangaio, of which it is a municipal unit^[2] (municipal unit of Orfano^[3]). The municipal unit has an area of 200.862 km².^[4] The municipal unit of Orfano has a population of 5,076, and the community of Orfani has 742 inhabitants (2021).^[1]

Orfani Ορφάνι
Municipal unit
Location within the regional unit
Orfani
Coordinates: 40°47′N 23°57′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unit	Kavala
Municipality	Pangaio
Area
• Municipal unit	200.9 km2 (77.6 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Municipal unit	5,076
• Municipal unit density	25.27/km2 (65.44/sq mi)
• Community	774
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	ΚΒ

History

In the Ottoman tahrir defter (number 167) of 1530, the settlement is recorded as a village with the name Orfana, within the kaza of Zihne.^[5] The town has been identified with the Byzantine Chrysopolis in Macedonia.^[6][7]