Ohrid
Coordinates: 41°07′01″N 20°48′06″E / 41.11694°N 20.80167°E
Ohrid (Macedonie: Охрид, [ˈɔxrid] (help·info)) is a ceety on the eastren shore o Lake Ohrid in the Republic o Macedonie. It haes aboot 42,000 indwallers, makin it the seiventh lairgest ceety in the kintra. The ceety is the seat o Ohrid Municipality. Ohrid is notable for haein ance haed 365 kirks, ane for ilka day o the year an haes been referred tae as a "Jerusalem". The ceety is rich in picturesque hooses an monuments, an tourism is predominant. It is locatit soothwast o Skopje, wast o Resen an Bitola, an east o Elbasan an Tirana in Albanie.
Ohrid Охрид | |
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Ohrid an Loch Ohrid | |
Eik-name(s): | |
Coordinates: 41°07′01″N 20°48′06″E / 41.11694°N 20.80167°E | |
Kintra | North Macedonie |
Municipality | Ohrid Municipality |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Nikola Bakracheski (VMRO-DPMNE) |
Area | |
• Total | 383.93 km2 (148.24 sq mi) |
Elevation | 695 m (2,280 ft) |
Population (2002) | |
• Total | 42,033 |
• Density | 142.97/km2 (370.3/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Postal codes | 6000 |
Area code(s) | 389 46 |
Patron saunts | Saunt Clement an Saunt Naum |
In 1980, Ohrid an Lake Ohrid wur acceptit as a Warld Heritage Site bi UNESCO.
Name
eeditIn Macedonie, an the ither Sooth Slavic leids, the name o the ceety is Ohrid (Охрид). In Albanie, the ceety is kent as Ohër or Ohri. Heestorical names include the Latin Lychnidus or the Greek names Lychnidos (Λύχνιδος), Ochrida (Οχρίδα, Ωχρίδα) an Achrida (Αχρίδα), the latter twa o which ar still in modern uisage.
Internaitional relations
eeditTwin touns — Sister ceeties
eeditOhrid is twinned wi:
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References
eedit- ↑ Press online Gradovi u jesen (in Serbie)
- ↑ "The Mirror of the Macedonian Spirit, Zlate Petrovski, Sašo Talevski, Napredok, 2004, ISBN 978-9989-730-38-2, page 72: "... and Macedonia in the Cathedral Church St. Sofia in the Macedonian Jerusalem — Ohrid..."
- ↑ Dnevnik newspaper - Interview with the ambassador of Israel to Macedonia (in Macedonie)
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