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| + | [[Nicomedes I of Bithynia]] founded the city of '''Nicomedia''' (Turkish - İzmit), at the head of the [[Gulf of Astacus]] (which opens on the [[Propontis]]), in [[264 BC]] The city has ever since been one of the chief towns in this part of [[Asia Minor]]. It was the metropolis of [[Bithynia]] under the Roman empire (see [[Nicaea]]), and Diocletian made it the chief city of the Eastern Roman empire. Owing to its position at the convergence of the Asiatic roads to the new capital, Nicomedia retained its importance even after the foundation of [[Constantinople]] and its own capture by the Turks ([[1338]]). |
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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:<br>Latitude:<br>Longitude:||<br>40.5195/40°31'14" N lat.</br>22.103/22°12'8" E long<!--
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| − | | Population: ([[2001]])<br> - Total<br> - Density¹<br> - Rank||<br> 42,794<br><br> -/km²</small><br>
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| − | | Elevation:<br> -lowest:<br> -centre:<br> -highest:||<br>about 20 to 40 m<br>128 m (centre)<br>about 800 to 1,000 m (Vermio area)
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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<br>
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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.''<br>-s ''pl.''
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| − | | Address of administration: || 30 Dimokratias St<br>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]].
| + | The city had a sizable Greek population until the [[Asia Minor Disaster]] in [[1922]] and the exchange of populations. Refugees from Nicomedia founded [[Nea Nikomedia]] in the [[Imathia prefecture]] of Greece. |
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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]]).
| + | See C. Texier, ''Asie mineure'' (Paris, 1839); V. Cuenet, ''Turquie d'Asie'' (Paris, 1894). |
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| − | 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]].
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| − | 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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| − | 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."
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| − | 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]].
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| − | | [[1981]] || 37,966 || - || - || - <!--|| --->
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| − | | [[1991]] || 37,858 || -108/0.29% || 42,910 || - <!--|| -/km²-->
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| − | | [[2001]] || - || - || 42,794 || -116/-0.27% <!--|| -/km²-->
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| − | == External links ==
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| − | *[http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?tb=1&city=Veria&country=GR Mapquest - Veria], street map not yet available
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| − | *Coordinates: {{coor dms|40|31|14|N|22|12|8|E|region:GR}}
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| − | ==See also==
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| − | *[[list of communities of Imathia]]
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