Western Thrace (,
[Dytikí] Thráki, ; ; ,
Zapadna Trakiya or Беломорска Тракия,
Belomorska Trakiya) is a geographic and historical
region of
Greece, located between the
Nestos and
Evros rivers in the northeast of the country. Together with the regions of
Macedonia,
Epirus and sometimes
Thessaly, it is often referred to informally as
northern Greece. It is also called
Greek Thrace to distinguish it from
Eastern Thrace, which lies east of the river Evros and forms the European part of
Turkey, and the area to the north, in
Bulgaria, known as
Northern Thrace.