Polykarpi, Kastoria
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Polykarpi | |
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  Polykarpi | |
| Coordinates: 40°31′17″N 21°19′17″E / 40.52139°N 21.32139°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kastoria |
| Municipality | Kastoria |
| Municipal unit | Makednoi |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 644 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Polykarpi (Greek: Πολυκάρπη, before 1926: Λίτσιστα – Litsista)[2] is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.
The 1920 Greek census recorded 585 people in the village, and 250 inhabitants (20 families) were Muslim in 1923.[3] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Litsista were from Asia Minor (26) and 5 from an unidentified location in 1926.[3] The 1928 Greek census recorded 585 village inhabitants.[3] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 31 (140 people).[3]
In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria.[4] The village Polykarpi had a total of 740 inhabitants, and was populated by 370 Slavophones with a Bulgarian national consciousness.[5]