Komotini or Komotene (Greek: Κομοτηνή, Bulgarian: Гимюрджина (Gyumurdzhina), Turkish: Gümülcine) is a city in north-eastern Greece. The history of this busy Greek city reflects its position as a commercial centre at the cross-roads of civilisations. It is the capital of the periphery of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace and the Rhodope Prefecture. It is also the centre of the administration of Rhodope-Evros super-prefecture. Also based in the city is the Democritus University of Thrace, which opened in 1973.