What is Western Thrace?
'''Western Thrace''', or '''Greek Thrace''', is a geographical region of [[Greece]]. 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, the River Evros in the east, the Aegean Sea in the south, and the Rhodope Mountains in the north. Thrace is divided into three regional units, which atre former prefectures: [[Xanthi]], Rhodope, and [[Evros]].<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Map-of-Greece-and-the-position-of-Aegean-or-Western-Thrace_fig1_210363057</ref> A major [[Muslim]] [[minority]] lives here, including [[Turkish people|Turkish]], [[Pomak]], and [[Xoraxane Roma]] because they were not expelled by the [[population exchange between Greece and Turkey]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://stories.minorityrights.org/western-thrace/chapter/introduction/ | title=Introduction ~ the Turkish Minority in Western Thrace, Greece ~ Minority Stories | access-date=2022-09-14 | archive-date=2022-09-14 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914220657/https://stories.minorityrights.org/western-thrace/chapter/introduction/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Geography of Europe]] {{europe-stub}}