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Prefecture Of Xanthi
Area (sq.km): 1.793
Population (2001): 101.510
Population Density(hab/sq.km): 57
Capital City: Xanthi
Number of Hotels: 12
Number of hotel Rooms: 991

Camping Sites
Communal Myrodatou, Mirodato Xanthi, Tel: 25410 51379

Domestic Port Authorities
City: Porto Lagos
Harbour: Lagos
Category: Deputy Port Authority
Tel: 25410 96666
VHF Channels: 12, 19

Long Distance Buses
From Athens daily to: XANTHI
Ktel Address: Kifissou St.
Tel: 210 5132084
Route: 09.00, 19.00
Return: 09.30, 19.00
Price: 40,40
Duration: 10 hrs

Lakes
Name: Bistonis
Location: Xanthi
Area (Km2): 45,030

Rivers
Name: Nestos
Location: Xanthi
Length: 103km

Mountaineering Clubs
Name: Xanthi Alpine Club
Location: Xanthi
Address: 26, Brokoumi Street, or P.O. Box 190, 671 00 Xanthi
Telephone: 25410 24818

Mountain Refuges
Name: Livaditis Refuge
Mountain: Rodopi
Office: Xanthi Alpine Club
Address: P.O. Box 190671 00 Xanthi
Place: Livaditis (1.220 m)
Capacity: 36 persons
Heat: Fireplace, central heating
Water Supply: Spring at distance of 15 m
Kitchen: Organized
Toilet: Indoor
Telephone: 25410 24818

Carnivals
Name: Xanthi's Carnival
Location: Xanthi
Description: In Xanthi, during Carnival, people celebrate the revival of the old custom of Tzaros or Tzarous (female). According to local tradition, Tzaros or Tzarous was a human effigy, placed on top of a pile of holm-oak brush-wood. On the last Sunday of the Carnival, it is burnt in the open, in a square or on a hill, so that they would not have fleas during summer. This custom was brought by refugees from Samakov in Eastern Thrace and is re-enacted each year by the inhabitants of the Samakov village, near the bridge over the River Kosynthos at Xanthi. The word Tzaros comes from the particular noise of burning wood (the sizzling sound). Immediately, after a fantastic fireworks demonstration follows.
Municipal Development Enterprise, Xanthi: Tel: 25410 73640, 25410 22632