Periphery: East Macedonia and Thrace
Prefectures : Drama, Evros, Kavala , Rodhopi, Xanthi

Statistics
Periphery:	East Macedonia and Thrace
Capital:	Komotini
Area:	2,543 km ²
Elevation:	Lowest: Aegean Sea Highest: Papingio
Inhabitants:	111,038(2001)
Population density:	43.66/km ²
ISO 3166-2:	GR-73
FIPS code:	GR02
Car designation:	KO'
Code for the municipalities:	45xx
Number of provinces:	2
Number of municipalities:	9
Number of independent communes:	3
2-letter abbreviation/HASC:	RD

Rhodope (Greek: Ροδόπη, Rodopi) is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. It is within the East Macedonia and Thrace periphery and in central Thrace. The Papingio mountains cover the northern part which is part of the Rhodope mountains in which the prefecture is named after. The prefecture is bounded with Xanthi to the west, the Evros Prefecture to the east and Bulgaria with the Kurdzhali Province to the north. The mountains covers the north and most of the east. The rest of the land are mainly farmlands including forests and grasslands.

The capital of the prefecture is the city of Komotini. The second largest city is Sapes.

The greatest part of the only officially recognized religious minority in Greece, the Greek Muslim minority, is settled in this area. There has been considerable discourse between Greece and Turkey concerning the issue of whether the minority is a religious or an ethnic one. The Greek state recognizes this group as a religious minority of Greek Muslims, whereas the Turkish state regards them as Turkish Muslims.

Fireweed (Epilobium Angustifolium)

Climate

The areas that mainly get Mediterranean climate is at the southern and the central portion. Its climate is mainly continental with cold winters in higher elevations and the northern part.

Fauna

Transportation

GR-2/E90, Via Egnatia, old and new, W, Cen., E, SE

GR-53

Places

• Iasmos
  
• Komotini
  
• Sapes
  

Municipalities and communities

Municipality	YPES code	Seat	Postal code	Area code
Aigeiros	4501	Aigiros	691 00	25310-9
Arriana	4503	Arriana	693 00	25320-3
Fillyra	4512	Fillyra	691 00	25320-4
Iasmos	4504	Iasmos	692 00	25340-2
Komotini	4506	Komotini	691 00	25310-2
Maroneia	4507	Xylagani	694 00	25330-2
Neo Sidirochori	4508	Neo Sidirochori	691 00	25310-5
Sapes	4510	Sapes	693 00	23520-2
Sostis	4511	Sostis	692 00	25310-5
Community	YPES code	Seat	Postal code	Area code
Amaxades	4502	Amaxades	692 00	25340-3
Kechros	4505	Kechro	693 00	23510-3
Organi	4509	Organi	695 00	25310-3