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'''Milia''' ({{lang-el|Modern: Μηλιά, Katharevoussa: Μηλέα - ''Milea''}}) is a village in the northwestern part of the ] in Greece located west of ] and ], southeast of ] and ], Bulgaria, north of ] and east of ], Bulgaria, ], the Greek capital is nearly 1,100 km southwest. Milis is linked with the road connecting ]/] (Alexandroupoli - Soufli - Orestiada - Ormenio) and a road to ] and ]. It is in the municipal unit of ]. Its 2001 population was 443 for the village. Much of the area are flat, the remainder of the area are hilly. |
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'''Milia''' ({{lang-el|Modern: Μηλιά, Katharevoussa: Μηλέα - ''Milea''}}) is a village in the northern part of the ], ]. It is in the municipal unit of ]. Its 2001 population was 443. It is on the left bank of the river ], and on the border with ]. The nearest larger places are ] to its east, and ] (Bulgaria) to its southwest. |
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The village was founded by the ] Turks, and was known as ''Bektaşli'' then. After a brief period of Bulgarian rule between 1913 and 1919, it became part of Greece. As a result its Bulgarian and Turkish population was exchanged with Greek refugees, mainly from today's Turkey. |
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The village was founded by the ] Turks, its name was known as (''Bektashli'', Turkish: ''Bektaşli'' from ''Bektaş'' and ''-li''). On August 8, 1913, the village battled with the Turks and handed to the Bulgarians. At the end of the Bulgarian rule, Bulgarians moved northward into the remainder of Bulgaria which is now north, the remainder of the Turks were pushed to the western portion of today's Turkey. During the ], refugees east of the Evros river and from Asia Minor arrived into the village. It became entirely Milia immediately after the annexation. After ] and the ], many of its buildings were rebuilt. Electricity and automobiles arrived in the 1960s, it was linked with pavement in the late-20th century, television arrived in the 1980s. Internet and computers arrived in the late-1990s. The village's population lost by over half between 1991 and 2001. |
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