Diavata

Diavata Διαβατά
Community
Diavata
Coordinates: 40°41.3′N 22°51.5′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Central Macedonia
Regional unit	Thessaloniki
Municipality	Delta
Municipal unit	Echedoros
Area
• Community	8.967 km^2 (3.462 sq mi)
Elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	11,876
• Density	1,300/km^2 (3,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	570 08
Area code(s)	+30-231
Vehicle registration	NA to NX

Diavata (Greek: Διαβατά) is a town in Central Macedonia Greece. A community of the Delta municipality.^[2] Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Echedoros, of which it was a municipal district.^[2] The community of Diavata covers an area of 8.967 km² (3.462 sq mi).^[3] Many inhabitants are descendants from the Armenian majority town of Eğin in Anatolia who survived the Armenian genocide and were resettled in the 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey.

See also

• List of settlements in the Thessaloniki regional unit

References

1. "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
2. "ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
3. "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21.