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Christopolis or Christoupolis (Template:Lang-el, "city of Christ") can refer to the following places and jurisdictions :

  • Kavala or Cavala, in Macedonia Secunda (now mainland Greece), known in Byzantine times as Christoupolis
    • the former diocese of Christopolis, now a Latin Catholic titular bishopric
  • Birgi, now in Asian Turkey, known as Christoupolis in the 7th–12th centuries, a former diocese (but not a titular see)
  • Monrovia, known as Christopolis in 1822–24, now capital of Liberia (West Africa)