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Theologos, Thasos

Coordinates: 40°39′36″N 24°41′29″E / 40.6599°N 24.6915°E / 40.6599; 24.6915
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Potamia
Ποταμιά
Panorama of Theologos from 1957
Panorama of Theologos from 1957
Potamia is located in Greece
Potamia
Potamia
Coordinates: 40°39′36″N 24°41′29″E / 40.6599°N 24.6915°E / 40.6599; 24.6915
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEastern Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unitThasos
MunicipalityThasos
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Community1,548
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Theologos (Greek: Θεολόγος) is a village and a community in the central part of the Greek island of Thasos. According to the 2021 census, it has 1,548 residents. It was the marketplace and administrative centre of the island during the Ottoman rule, from 1455 to 1902.

History

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In the Ottoman tahrir defter (number 75) of 1519, the settlement was recorded as a village with the name Tologo.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ Ünal, Uğur; Budak, Mustafa; Bayram, Sabahattin; Yıldıztaş, Mümin (2013). Özkılınç, Ahmet; Coşkun, Ali; Sivridağ, Abdullah (eds.). Osmanlı Yer Adları: I - RUMELİ EYALETİ (1514-1550) (in Turkish). Ankara, Türkiye. pp. VII–VIII, 22, 794. ISBN 9789751962386.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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