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Nikiforos (, ) is a village and a former municipality in the Drama regional unit, of East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been a municipal unit of the municipality of Paranesti. The 2001 census reported a population of 4,279 inhabitants in the municipal unit and 436 in the village.
Nikiforos Bithoulkas (, born 24 May 1988) known as simply Nikiforos is a Greek singer and songwriter. He studied in the University of Patra in Greece. He participated in the second season of the Greek version of The X Factor where he was under the mentorship of Nikos Mouratidis and he came 8th place (eliminated week 9). He secured a recording contract with Heaven Music and he released his first song "Iposhesou" (2010). In winter of 2011 he appeared in a nightclub called Votanikos with Giorgos Mazonakis, Vegas and Paola. Next year he released his new single called "Mi mou les pos m'agapas" (2012) and he worked with the member of Vegas, Melina, and presented his single "Kano Kiklous" (2012). He also released his song "Trelos" (2013) and he completed the recording of his second full album titled "Ta logia kaigontai". He released his last single for now with title "Ftano Sto Theo" (2013). In summer of 2013 he sang in Mad Video Music Awards 2013 with Katy Garbi and he was in top 60 of 2013 without getting a prize.