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| [[Prefectures of Greece|Prefecture]]: || [[Imathia prefecture|Imathia]] (capital)
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| Province || [[Province of Imathia|Imathia]] (capital)
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| Location: Latitude: Longitude:|| 40.5195/40°31'14" N lat.22.103/22°12'8" E long
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| Population: ([[2001]])  - Total  - Density¹  - Rank||   42,794  -/km² 
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| Elevation:  -lowest:  -centre:  -highest:|| about 20 to 40 m 128 m (centre) about 800 to 1,000 m (Vermio area)
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| Number of communities: || -
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| [[List of postal codes in Greece|Postal code]]: || 591 00
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| [[Area codes in Greece|Area/distance code]]: || 11-30-[[Greece dialing code 231|23310]] (030-23310)-2 
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| [[YPES|Municipal code]]: || 1806
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| [[License plates in Greece|Car designation]]: || <code>HM</code>
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| 3-letter abbreviation: || VER '''Ver'''ia
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| Name of inhabitants: || Verian, Verian or Berroean ''sing.'' -s ''pl.''
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| Address of administration: || 30 Dimokratias St Veria 591 00
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| Website: || [http://www.imathia.gr/dimoi/veria/index.htm www.imathia.gr/dimoi/veria/index.htm]

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'''Veria''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Βέροια - ''Véroia'') , also called '''Veroia''', Latin: '''Beroea''', has a population of about 35,000. It is a commercial center of [[Macedonia]], the capital of the [[prefecture]] of [[Imathia prefecture|Imathia]], the province of Imathia, and the seat of a bishop of the [[Church of Greece|Greek Orthodox Church]].

Veria sits of the site of the ancient city of Beroea (called '''Berea''' in some translations of the Bible), which was prominent from the [[4th century BC]] and part of the Kingdom of [[Macedon]]. Part of the Roman Empire from [[168 BC]], both St. Paul and Silas preached there in AD [[54]] or [[55]]. Diocletian made the large and populous city one of two capitals of the Roman Province of Macedonia, and it was one of the earliest cities to become the seat of a bishop. Invaded by both Serbs and Bulgars, it was conquered by the Turks in [[1361]] and turned into a military colony under the name of Karaferiye. It was liberated by the Greeks in the [[First Balkan War]] ([[1912]]).

Veria since the [[1980s]] is bypassed and is linked by the superhighway linking to [[Greece Interstate 1|GR-1]]. [[Greece Interstate 4|GR-4]]/[[Via Egnatia]] runs through Veria and also the road to Edessa. It is located NE of [[Kozani]], S of [[Edessa, Greece|Edessa]], SW of [[Thessaloniki]], NW of [[Katerini]], WNW of [[Athens]] and N of [[Larisa]].

Veria has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, banks, a train station (Florina - Edessa - Veria), a sports centre, a post office, and squares (''plateies'').

==History==

Veria was the historical residence of many Jews, whose concern for careful criticism in the study of the Christian scriptures was commended by St. Paul (Acts 17:10-13). Paul withdrew to Veria with Silas and Timothy from Jewish persecution at [[Thessaloniki]]. When the persecutors followed him from Thessaloniki, he retired seawards to proceed to [[Athens]] (Acts 17:10-15). The Berean Jews were "more noble than those in [[Thessaloniki|Thessalonica]], in that they received the word (preached) with all readiness of mind (not in a cavilling, critical spirit), and (yet not in a credulous spirit, for they) searched the Scriptures daily whether those things were so." (See Isa 8:20; John 5:39; Gal 1:8-9.) The result was necessarily, "many believed; also of honorable women, which were [[Greeks]], and of men not a few."

Sopater, or Sosipater, one of them, became Paul's missionary companion (Acts 20:4; Rom 16:21) in returning to Asia from his second visit to Europe, where he had been with him at [[Corinth]].

==Historical population==
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! Year !! Population !! Change !! Municipal population !! Change 
|-
| [[1981]] || 37,966 || - || - || - 
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| [[1991]] || 37,858 || -108/0.29% || 42,910 || - 
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| [[2001]] || - || - || 42,794 || -116/-0.27% 
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== External links ==

*[http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?tb=1&city=Veria&country=GR Mapquest - Veria], street map not yet available
*Coordinates: {{coor dms|40|31|14|N|22|12|8|E|region:GR}}

==See also==
*[[list of communities of Imathia]]

[[Category:Cities and towns in Greece]]
[[Category:Greek prefectural capitals]]
[[Category:Imathia prefecture]]

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 Veria sits of the site of the ancient city of Beroea (called '''Berea''' in some translations of the Bible), which was prominent from the [[4th century BC]] and part of the Kingdom of [[Macedon]].  Part of  the Roman Empire from [[168 BC]], both St. Paul and Silas preached there in AD [[54]] or [[55]].  Diocletian made the large and populous city one of two capitals of the Roman Province of Macedonia, and it was one of the earliest cities to become the seat of a bishop.  Invaded by both Serbs and Bulgars, it was conquered by the Turks in [[1361]] and turned into a military colony under the name of Karaferiye. It was liberated by the Greeks in the [[First Balkan War]] ([[1912]]).
-Veria since the [[1980s]] is bypassed and is linked by the superhighway linking to [[Greece Interstate 1|GR-1]].  [[Greece Interstate 4|GR-4]]/[[Via Egnatia]] runs through Veria and also the road to Edessa.  It is located NE of [[Kozani]], S of [[Edessa, Greece|Edessa]], SW of [[Thessaloniki]], NW of [[Katerini]], WNW of [[Athens]] and N of [[Larisa]].
+Veria since the [[1980s]] is bypassed and is linked by the superhighway linking to [[Greece Interstate 1|GR-1]].  [[Greece Interstate 4|GR-4]]/[[Via Egnatia]] runs through Veria and also the road to Edessa.  It is located NE of [[Kozani]], S of [[Edessa]], SW of [[Thessaloniki]], NW of [[Katerini]], WNW of [[Athens]] and N of [[Larisa]].
 Veria has schools, lyceums, gymnasia, banks, a train station (Florina - Edessa - Veria), a sports centre, a post office, and squares (''plateies'').

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	*[http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?tb=1&city=Veria&country=GR Mapquest - Veria], street map not yet available		*[http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?tb=1&city=Veria&country=GR Mapquest - Veria], street map not yet available
−	*Coordinates: {{coor dms\|40\|31\|14\|N\|22\|12\|8\|E\|region:GR}}

	==See also==		==See also==