Irakleia (, before 1926: Τζουμαγιά - TzoumagiaName changes of settlements in Greece) is a municipality in the Serres regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece. Population 21,145 (2011). The seat of the municipality is the town of Irakleia, which was formerly known as "Lower Jumaya" (in or Cuma-i Zir ("Lower Juma" in Ottoman Turkish); in , Dolna Dzhumaya;D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, p.104, under the name of Barakli DjoumaiaΙστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους. Εκδοτική Αθηνών, Αθήνα 1978. , σελ. 228-229; Map of the Italian Instituto Geografico de Agostini, showing the distribution of schools, churches, monasteries in the Ottoman vilayet of Saloniki and in ).The War of Numbers and its First Victim: The Aromanians in Macedonia (End of 19th – Beginning of 20th century) "Upper Dzhumaya" is modern Blagoevgrad, located in Bulgaria. In the Serres area, Aromanians settled in modern Irakleia during Ottoman times. Some Aromanians still live in the city today, with Bulgarian researcher Vasil Kanchov even saying that, as of when he visited the town, the 1250 Aromanians in Irakleia "were the wealthiest of all inhabitants".
Municipality The municipality Irakleia was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units: Irakleia Skotoussa Strymoniko
The municipality has an area of 451.499 km2, and the municipal unit 195.216 km2. The municipal unit of Irakleia consists of the communities Chrysochorafa, Dasochori, Irakleia, Karperi, Koimisi, Limnochori, Lithotopos, Pontismeno and Valtero.
References
External links Official website of the Municipality of Irakleia