Coordinates: 41°03′00″N 23°41′20″E / 41.05000°N 23.68889°E / 41.05000; 23.68889

Pentapoli

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Pentapoli
Πεντάπολη
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CountryGreece
Administrative regionCentral Macedonia
Regional unitSerres
MunicipalityEmmanouil Pappas
Municipal unitEmmanouil Pappas
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Community
773
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Pentapoli (Greek: Πεντάπολη, Byzantine Greek: Ξυλοπήγαδο) a small town in Serres regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece, located 14 km southeast of the city of Serres. Since 2011 it is a municipal unit of the municipality of Emmanouil Pappas.[2] It has a population of 773 inhabitants (2021). Until 1928 it was named Sarmusakli (Σαρμουσακλή).[3]

At Pentapolis is testified the traces of an ancient settlement.[4] His cemetery was unveiled at the location "Alonia", where coins and vases of Roman times had been found in the past.[5]

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  3. ^ Πεντάπολις (Σερρών), EETAA local government changes
  4. ^ [1] Archived 2018-06-24 at the Wayback Machine D. C. Samsaris, A History of Serres (in the Ancient and Roman Times) (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1999, p. 157 (website of Municipality of Serres)
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