Omorfokklisia | |
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Coordinates: 40°25′47″N 21°7′12″E / 40.42972°N 21.12000°E | |
Country | Greece |
Geographic region | Macedonia |
Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
Regional unit | Kastoria |
Municipality | Kastoria |
Municipal unit | Agia Triada |
Population (2021)
[1] | |
• Community | 19 |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
Omorfokklisia ( Greek: Ομορφοκκλησιά, before 1926: Γκάλιστα - Gkalista [2]) is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece.
The Greek census (1920) recorded 596 people in the village and in 1923 there were 400 inhabitants (or 40 families) who were Muslim. [3] Following the Greek-Turkish population exchange, in 1926 within Gkalista there were 45 refugee families from Pontus. [3] The Greek census (1928) recorded 406 village inhabitants. [3] There were 32 refugee families (118 people) in 1928. [3] After the population exchange, the village mosque and the water fountain next to it were destroyed. [4]