Western Thrace

Greek Thrace or Western Thrace is a geographical Greek region. Administratively, it is part of the Periphery of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace. It is located in the northeastern part of Greece and borders the region of Macedonia in the west, in the east it is bordered by the River Evros, in the south it opens to the Aegean Sea, and in the north it is bounded by the Rhodope Mountains. Thrace is divided into three regional units (former prefectures): Xanthi, Rhodope and Evros.[1] a big Muslim Minority live there, including Turkish, Pomak and Xoraxane Roma, because they was not expelled by the Population exchange between Greece and Turkey[2]

References
  1. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Map-of-Greece-and-the-position-of-Aegean-or-Western-Thrace_fig1_210363057
  2. https://stories.minorityrights.org/western-thrace/chapter/introduction/


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