Ohrid

Ohrid (, ) 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.

Name

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.

Internaitional relations

Twin touns — Sister ceeties
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

Category:Ceeties in North Macedonie