Genisea is a town in the Vistonida

Vistonida

Vistonida is a former municipality in the Xanthi peripheral unit, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece. It was named after Lake Vistonida. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Abdera, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 10,147 . The seat of the municipality...

 municipal unit of the Xanthi peripheral unit of Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. According to a 2001 census, the population of Genisea was around 2,576 inhabitants.

Under the Ottoman names "Yenidje" or "Yenidze" (from Turkish Yenice Karasu), Genisea was famous for its superior Oriental tobacco, especially suited for cigarette

Cigarette

A cigarette is a small roll of finely cut tobacco leaves wrapped in a cylinder of thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end and allowed to smoulder; its smoke is inhaled from the other end, which is held in or to the mouth and in some cases a cigarette holder may be used as well...

s. It lent its name to the Yenidze tobacco factory

Yenidze

Yenidze is the name of a former cigarette factory building in Dresden, Germany. It was built between 1907 and 1909 and is used today as an office building...

 building in Dresden

Dresden

Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....

 and to the British Yenidje Tobacco Company Limited

Yenidje Tobacco Company Limited

Yenidje Tobacco Company Limited was a British tobacco company founded in 1913 by Louis Rothman and Markus Weinberg. The company was named for the town of Yenidje, Thrace , a leading producer of high-quality Oriental tobaccos for cigarettes.A dispute over business strategy lead to the dissolution of...

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