Ohrid

Coordinates: 41°07′01″N 20°48′06″E / 41.11694°N 20.80167°E / 41.11694; 20.80167

Ohrid Охрид
Ohrid an Loch Ohrid
Eik-name(s):  Balkan Jerusalem[1] Macedonian Jerusalem[2]European Jerusalem[3]
Ohrid Location in Macedonie
Coordinates: 41°07′01″N 20°48′06″E / 41.11694°N 20.80167°E / 41.11694; 20.80167
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

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.

In 1980, Ohrid an Lake Ohrid wur acceptit as a Warld Heritage Site bi UNESCO.

In 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.

Ohrid is twinned wi:

Safranbolu, in Turkey Budva, in Montenegro Dalian, in Cheenae Katwijk, in Netherlands Kragujevac, in Serbie Piran, in Slovenie Plovdiv, in Bulgarie Podolsk, in Roushie

Pogradec, in Albanie Veliko Tarnovo, in Bulgarie Vinkovci, in Croatie Windsor, in Canadae Wollongong, in Australie Yalta, in Ukraine Zemun, in Serbie Patras in Greece

References

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1. ↑ Press online Gradovi u jesen (in Serbie)
2. ↑ "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..."
3. ↑ Dnevnik newspaper - Interview with the ambassador of Israel to Macedonia (in Macedonie)

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