Irakleia, Serres

Irakleia (Greek: Ηράκλεια, before 1926: Τζουμαγιά - Tzoumagia[3]) is a municipality in the Serres regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece.

The seat of the municipality is the town of Irakleia, which was formerly known as "Lower Jumaya" (in Turkish: Barakli Cuma or Cuma-i Zir ("Lower Juma" in Ottoman Turkish); in Bulgarian: Долна Джумая, Dolna Dzhumaya;[4][5] and in Aromanian: Giumaia di-Nghios).

[6] "Upper Dzhumaya" is modern Blagoevgrad, located in Bulgaria.

[citation needed] In the Serres area, Aromanians settled in modern Irakleia during Ottoman times.

[8] The municipal unit of Irakleia consists of the communities Chrysochorafa, Dasochori, Irakleia, Karperi, Koimisi, Limnochori, Lithotopos, Pontismeno and Valtero.