Kavala – city in the Aegean part of Macedonia, Republic of Greece, with 65,000 h. (2002). It is a port formed at the site of the ancient city of Nepolis. By the beginning of ⅹⅰⅹ c. K. It was inhabited mainly with Turks. In 1898 The number of the population was 9,500 h., of which 5,000 were Turks. At a time after the First World War, many of them moved to Turkey, and instead settled 25,700 Greeks from Turkey and the Caucasus, which formed the new quarter of the west of the city. In 1928 In K. lived 49,980 h. OT-Kavala then the city is not much increased, but economic is quite reinforced. Today, it has developed trade and industry, especially for the processing of tobacco, and is a significant seaport. It developed as the most significant cultural education and health center of this part of the country. There are several secondary schools, the House of Culture, Archaeological and Ethnological Museum, is the house of Muhammad Alia, the founder of the Egyptian dynasty, the fortress, the famous Imarrett, the churches “The Most Holy Theotokos” and “St. Silasus “, and the east of the city is the Calvian airport. Lit.: Todor Simovski, settlements in Aegean Macedonia, REC. Ⅱ, Skopje, 1978. Al. ST. Andronicus ⅲ.
Original article in Macedonian language Cyrillic alphabet
Кириличен напис КАВАЛА