Iskandariya

Alexandroupolis (,  [aleks̠anˈðɾupolis̠]) ko Alexandroupoli (, IPA), wanda aka fi sani da Alexandrople, birni ne mai tashar jiragen ruwa a Girka kuma babban birnin Yankin Evros, a Girka Thrace . Ita ce birni mafi girma a Gabashin Makidoniya da Thrace, tare da yawan mutane 71,751  kuma muhimmiyar tashar jiragen ruwa ce da cibiyar kasuwanci ta Arewacin Girka. 

Daular Ottoman ce ta fara zama a birnin a karni na 19 kuma ta girma cikin ƙauyen kamun kifi Dedeağaç . A shekara ta 1873, ya zama kaza kuma bayan shekara guda an inganta shi zuwa sanjak. Birnin ya zama cibiyar kasuwanci ta yanki. Daga baya, ya zama wani ɓangare na Adrianople Vilayet . A lokacin Yakin Russo-Turkiya (1877-1878), Rashawa sun kama yankin a takaice. Mulkin Ottoman ya ƙare tare da Yaƙin Balkan na farko, lokacin da Bulgaria ta kama birnin a cikin 1912. A Yaƙin Balkan na Biyu, Girka ta mallaki birnin. Tare da Yarjejeniyar Bucharest (10 Agusta 1913), birnin ya koma Bulgaria.

Tare da shan kashi na Bulgaria a yakin duniya na, birnin ya kasance ƙarƙashin ikon Girka a karo na biyu. A cikin 1920, an sake sunan birnin don girmama Sarkin Girka, Alexander . Tare da Yarjejeniyar Lausanne a 1923, Alexandroupolis ya zama wani bangare na hukuma na Girka.

Alexandroupolis tana amfana daga matsayinta a tsakiyar ƙasar da hanyoyin teku da ke haɗa Girka da Turkiyya. Alamomi a Alexandroupolis sun haɗa da hasken wuta a tashar jiragen ruwa, wuraren binciken archaeological na Yankin Mesimvria, bakin tekun birnin (cibiyar ayyukan kasuwanci), Gidan Tarihi na Ethnological na Thrace, maɓuɓɓugar zafi (Hana) na Traianoupoli, kogon Cyclops Polyphemus da kusa da Evros Delta.

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