Sfika


Sfika was a village in Florina Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. It was part of the community of Karyes. The village had an altitude of.

The inhabitants of the village were masons. Among them in Besfina were master builders and carpenters who worked seasonally in the surrounding villages, in Bitola district and the wider region of Western Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, the Greek islands and Athens. Limited arable land and difficult living conditions of the late Ottoman era and early Greek period made some villagers immigrate to Toronto, Canada. The Besfina immigrants in Toronto participated in the early Bulgarian community to build church infrastructure.
The population was 318 in 1920 and 322 in 1928. Sfika was a Slavic Macedonian village. A visit by the Florina district governor in 1929 reported of "anti–state sentiments" in the village along with resentment toward the government and taxes.
The population of Sfika was 294 in 1940. In the Greek Civil War, the village was occupied by the Democratic Army of Greece. In 1951, Sfika was depopulated and the last time mentioned in the Greek census. Sfika was abandoned and only ruins remain.