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Xánthi, city and dímos (municipality), East Macedonia and Thrace (Modern Greek: Anatolikí Makedonía kai Thrakí) periféreia region, eastern Greece. The city, which is situated below the Rhodope (Rodópi) massif at the head of the narrow Eskejé (Esketzé) Valley, is the seat of a metropolitan bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church.

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XánthiThe clock tower in the central square of Xánthi, Greece.

Though the city’s origins are obscure, it grew up beneath the Byzantine fortress of Xanthea and later became a summer colony of the Turks known as Eskije. With the arrival of the Thessaloníki-Adrianople railway in the 1890s, it replaced the nearby Turkish tobacco-trading centre of Yenije in importance. After the Balkan Wars (1912–13) the city passed to Bulgaria and then to Greece after World War I. The city of Xánthi is joined by highway to Stavroúpolis, a town on the Néstos River, and Lágos, a port between the Aegean Sea and a coastal lagoon.

The agricultural plain southeast of the city produces wheat, sunflowers, and high-quality tobacco and is watered by an intermittent stream. Textile and other light industries have been established. The region has a large Turkish-speaking population. Pop. (2001) city, 46,457; municipality, 56,383; (2011) city, 56,122; municipality, 65,133.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.