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Niki
Settlement
Niki
Coordinates: 40°22′44″N 21°6′19″E / 40.37889°N 21.10528°E / 40.37889; 21.10528
Country	Greece
Geographic region	Macedonia
Administrative region	Western Macedonia
Regional unit	Kastoria
Municipality	Argos Orestiko
Municipal unit	Argos Orestiko
Community	Melanthio
Population
• Total	20
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Niki (Greek: Νίκη, before 1954: Βύτσιστα – Vytsista) is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. It is part of the community of Melanthio.

Vytsista was populated by Muslim Albanians of the Bektashi Order. The 1920 Greek census recorded 318 people in the village and 250 inhabitants (35 families) were Muslim in 1923. Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Vytsista were from Asia Minor (1) and Pontus (39) in 1926. The 1928 Greek census recorded 123 inhabitants. In 1928, the refugee families numbered 38 (131 people). After the population exchange, the Pontian refugees converted the small tekke in the village into a church.

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. Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Vytsista – Niki". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
3. ^ Stavridopoulos, Ioannis (2015). Μνημεία του άλλου: η διαχείριση της οθωμανικής πολιτιστική κληρονομιάς της Μακεδονίας από το 1912 έως σήμερα [Monuments of the other: The management of the Ottoman cultural heritage of Macedonia from 1912 until present] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). University of Ioannina. p. 273. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
4. ^ Pelagidis, Efstathios (1992). Η αποκατάσταση των προσφύγων στη Δυτική Μακεδονία (1923–1930) [The rehabilitation of refugees in Western Macedonia: 1923–1930] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 76. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

• Populated places in Kastoria (regional unit)
• Argos Orestiko