Genisea, Xanthi
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, 1 km from center (Γενισέα)
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Genisea (Greek: Γενισέα) is a town in the Vistonida municipal unit, within the municipality of Abdera in the Xanthi regional unit of Greece. It is the seat of the municipality Abdera. According to the 2011 census, the population of Genisea was 2,185 inhabitants. Genisea was ruled by the Ottoman Empire from 1478-1912 as Ottoman Turkish يڭيجه Yenice, more specifically Karasu Yenicesi (after the Nestos River, Mesta Karasu) or Tütün Yenicesi ('tobacco') to distinguish it from يڭيجۀ واردار Yenice-i Vardar, modern Giannitsa.
Under the spellings "Yenidje" or "Yenidze", Genisea was famous for its superior Oriental tobacco, especially suited for cigarettes. It lent its name to the Yenidze tobacco factory building in Dresden and to the British Yenidje Tobacco Company Limited.
Under the spellings "Yenidje" or "Yenidze", Genisea was famous for its superior Oriental tobacco, especially suited for cigarettes. It lent its name to the Yenidze tobacco factory building in Dresden and to the British Yenidje Tobacco Company Limited.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genisea
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Coordinates: 41°3'42"N 24°57'40"E
- Vafeika 3.6 km
- Magiko 5.6 km
- Peteinos 8 km
- Kimmeria 10 km
- Τoxotes 16 km
- Lykodromio 24 km
- Komnina 24 km
- Perni 28 km
- Kehrokampos 30 km
- Dafnonas 31 km
- Abdera Μunicipality 5 km
- Magiko 5.1 km
- Xanthi's industrial area 10 km
- Peripheral unit of Xanthi 12 km
- National Park of East Macedonia and Thrace 13 km
- Topeiros Municipality 15 km
- Xanthi Municipality 22 km
- Νestos Municipality 27 km
- Peripheral unit of Kavala 54 km
- Thracian Sea 70 km