Didymoteicho ( ) is a city located on the eastern edge of the Evros regional unit of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, in northeastern Greece. It is the seat of the municipality of the same name. The town (pop. 9,263 in 2011) sits on a plain and located south east of Svilengrad, south of Edirne, Turkey and Orestiada, west of Uzunköprü, Turkey, about 20 km north of Soufli and about 90 km north of Alexandroupoli. The municipality of Didymóteicho has a land area of 565.4 km² and a population of 19,493 inhabitants. Etymology "Didymoteicho" is the modern Greek form of , Didymóteichon, from , dídymos, "twin" and , teîchos, "wall". The name first appears in 591/592, and most resulted from the refortification of the city under Justinian I (see below). The corrupted short form Dimotica or Demotica or variants thereof are attested in Western languages since the late 12th century (early forms Timoticon, Dimothicon, Dimodica), and remained in use for the city until the 20th century. The city was called ديمتوقه in Ottoman Turkish and is still called Dimetoka in Turkish, which was its name during the rule of the Ottoman Empire, and Dimotika (from Bulgarian Димотика) by the Pomaks of the region. Geography Forests dominate the banks and parts of the plain. Much of the area is used for farming. The main products are cattle, fruit and vegetables and some flowers. The hills dominate further west. Near the area lies the great forest of Dadia. Didymoteicho is located around 12 km from Turkey and the western banks of the Evros. It is the easternmost municipality on the mainland of Greece (in its town of Pythio). In the west, much of the land is mountainous and forested, while farmlands are located in the central and the northern part. It is on the railway line Thessaloniki–Istanbul and the Greek road 51 (Alexandroupoli–Orestiada–Edirne in Turkey and Svilengrad in Bulgaria). Municipality The municipality Didymoteicho was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units: Didymoteicho Metaxades The municipality has an area of 565.372 km2, the municipal unit 354.134 km2. Communities The municipal unit Didymoteicho is subdivided into the following communities (constituent settlements in brackets): Didymoteicho (Didymoteicho, Zoodochos Pigi, Neoi Psathades) Asvestades Asimenio Ellinochori (Ellinochori, Thyrea, Lagos) Isaakio Karoti Koufovouno Kyani Lagos Mani (Mani, Evgeniko, Sitaria) Petrades Poimeniko Prangio Pythio (Pythio, Rigio, Stathmos) Rigio