{{Infobox Greek Dimos |name = Karitsa |name_local = Καρίτσα |type = community |image_map = Dimos Diou.png |map_caption = Location within the regional unit |image_skyline = Karitsa naos.jpg |caption_skyline = The Church of Agios Dimitrios in Karitsa |periph = [[Central Macedonia]] |periphunit = [[Pieria (regional unit)|Pieria]] |municipality = [[Dio-Olympos]] |municunit = [[Dion, Pieria|Dio]] |population = 1843 |population_as_of = 2021 |coordinates = {{coord|40|11|15|N|22|28|55|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |postal_code = 601 00 |area_code = 23510 |licence = KN |elevation = 20 }}
'''Karitsa''' ({{langx|el|Καρίτσα}}) is a lowland [[Aromanians|Aromanian]] ([[Vlachs|Vlach]]) town of the former Municipality of [[Dio (Municipality)|Dio]], which is part of the municipality of [[Dio-Olympos]], in the [[Pieria (regional unit)|Pieria]] regional unit, [[Central Macedonia]], [[Greece]]. The population was 1,843 people as of 2021.<ref name=census21/> It is located 13 km south of [[Katerini]].
Livestock farming and tobacco growing are the main occupations of the residents. Also produced is [[corn]], [[beet]], [[endive]], [[Kiwifruit|kiwi]], and [[cereals]].{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080528181304/http://www.syllogos-karitsas.gr/ Ο Πολιτιστικός Σύλλογος Κορίτσας] {{Municipality of Dio-Olympos}}
[[Category:Populated places in Pieria (regional unit)]] [[Category:Dion-Olympos]] [[Category:Aromanian settlements in Greece]]