Chiliodendro
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Chiliodendro | |
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  Chiliodendro | |
| Coordinates: 40°29′14″N 21°11′29″E / 40.48722°N 21.19139°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kastoria |
| Municipality | Kastoria |
| Municipal unit | Agia Triada |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 567 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Chiliodendro (Greek: Χιλιόδενδρο, before 1927: Ζελήνη – Zelini)[2] is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.
The 1920 Greek census recorded 457 people in the village, and 150 inhabitants (70 families) were Muslim in 1923.[3] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Zelini were from Asia Minor (23) and Pontus (12) in 1926.[3] The 1928 Greek census recorded 440 village inhabitants.[3] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 35 (140 people).[3]
In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria.[4] The village Chiliodendro had a total of 649 inhabitants, and was populated by 325 Slavophones with a Bulgarian national consciousness.[5]
