Nikiforos is a village and a former municipality in the Drama peripheral unit, East Macedonia and Thrace

East Macedonia and Thrace

East Macedonia and Thrace is one of the thirteen regions of Greece. It consists of the northeastern parts of the country, comprising the eastern part of the region of Macedonia along with the region of Thrace, and the islands of Thasos and Samothrace....

, Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Paranesti

Paranesti

Paranesti is a municipality in the Rhodope Mountains of northeastern Drama peripheral unit, Greece. It consists of two municipal units: Paranesti and Nikoforos. The largest villages of the municipal unit Paranesti are Paranésti Paranesti is a municipality in the Rhodope Mountains of northeastern...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The 2001 census reported a population of 4,279 inhabitants in the municipal unit and 436 in the village.. Between Nikiforos and Karyafiton (formerly Kozluköy and Platania) villages, "Drama Köprüsü" (Bridge Of Drama), was built approximately before 3 centuries and passed in "Drama Köprüsü", a Rumelia Turkish song, was found by Nikos Latsistalis, is Chairman of Drama Asia Minor Refugees Association with the help of a Turkish refugee from Drama to Bursa