title: Xirochori
text: # Xirochori
  
  Xirochori (Greek: Ξηροχώρι, before 1926: Γιόρδινον - Giordinon, ) is a community and a village in the municipal unit of Agios Athanasios in the Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece. The community is 25 km north-northwest of downtown Thessaloniki.
  
  The community consists of two villages: Xirochori and Baleika. According to the 2011 census, it has a total population of 602, with the village of Xirochori having 567 of those and Baleika 35.
  
  