Cherso
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| Cherso Χέρσο |
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  Cherso
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| Coordinates | 41°05′N 22°47′E / 41.083°N 22.783°ECoordinates: 41°05′N 22°47′E / 41.083°N 22.783°E |
| Government | |
| Country: | Greece |
| Periphery: | Central Macedonia |
| Prefecture: | Kilkis |
| Population statistics (as of 2001[1]) | |
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| - Population: | 4,482 |
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| Time zone: | EET/EEST (UTC+2/3) |
| Auto: | ΚΙ |
Cherso (Greek: Χέρσο) is a municipality in the Kilkis Prefecture, Greece. Population 4,482 (2001). In Municipality of Cherso, lays the historical village of Kallindia. Kalindia was found by Paeonians in 3rd millennium BC and it is inhabited until today. In the Macedonian Struggle, people of Kallindia fought hard against Bulgarians and Turkish authorities and it was one of the main centres of Greek resistance in Kilkis prefecture.
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- ^ "Δείτε τη Διοικητική Διαίρεση" (in Greek). Hellenic Interior Ministry. www.ypes.gr. http://www.ypes.gr/UserFiles/f0ff9297-f516-40ff-a70e-eca84e2ec9b9/D_diairesi.xls. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
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