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Genisea

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Country
  
Greece

Vehicle registration
  
AH

Municipal unit
  
Vistonida

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Municipality
  
Abdera

Regional unit
  
Xanthi

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Administrative region
  
Eastern Macedonia and Thrace

Genisea (Greek: Γενισέα) is a town in the Vistonida municipal unit, within the municipality of Abdera in the Xanthi regional unit of Greece. It is the seat of the municipality Abdera. According to the 2011 census, the population of Genisea was 2,185 inhabitants.

Map of Genisea 670 64, Greece

Under the Ottoman names "Yenidje" or "Yenidze" (from Turkish Yenice Karasu), Genisea was famous for its superior Oriental tobacco, especially suited for cigarettes. It lent its name to the Yenidze tobacco factory building in Dresden and to the British Yenidje Tobacco Company Limited.

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Genisea Wikipedia