Kato Kalliniki
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Kato Kalliniki | |
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  Kato Kalliniki | |
| Coordinates: 40°51′53″N 21°27′59″E / 40.86472°N 21.46639°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Florina |
| Municipality | Florina |
| Municipal unit | Kato Kleines |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 54 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Kato Kalliniki (Greek: Κάτω Καλλινίκη, before 1926: Κάτω Κάλενικ – Kato Kalenik)[2] is a village in Florina Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.
Kato Kalliniki had 125 inhabitants in 1981.[3] In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Kato Kalliniki was populated by a Greek population descended from Anatolian Greek refugees who arrived during the Greek–Turkish population exchange, and Slavophones.[3] The Macedonian language was spoken in the village by people over 30 in public and private settings.[3] Children understood the language, but mostly did not use it.[3] Pontic Greek was spoken in the village by people over 30 in public and private settings.[3] Children understood the language, but mostly did not use it.[3]