Veles (city)
| Veles Велес |
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| Coordinates: 41°43′12″N 21°47′36″E / 41.72°N 21.79333°ECoordinates: 41°43′12″N 21°47′36″E / 41.72°N 21.79333°E | |||
| Country |  Macedonia |
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| Municipality | Veles municipality | ||
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| • Total | 43,716 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 1400 | ||
| Area code(s) | +389 043 | ||
| Car plates | VE | ||
| Website | www.Veles.gov.mk/ | ||
Veles (Macedonian: Велес [ˈvɛːlɛs] (
listen)) is a city in the center of the Republic of Macedonia on the Vardar river. The city of Veles is the seat of Veles Municipality.
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[edit] Name
The city's name was Vylosa in Ancient Greek and before the Balkan Wars, it was a township (kaza) with the name Köprülü in the Üsküp sandjak, Ottoman empire for 600 years. From 1877 to 1912 the sandjak was part of the Kosovo vilayet. It was named Köprülü after its founder Mehmed Köprülü, a Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.[1] The city is named after a Slavic god Veles. After World War II, the city was known as Titov Veles after Yugoslavian president Josip Broz Tito, but the 'Titov' was removed in 1996.[2] Cars registered in Veles were identified by the code TV (Titov Veles), which was changed as late as 2000 to VE.
[edit] History
The area of present-day Veles has been inhabited for over a millennium. In antiquity, it was a Paionian city called Bylazora, and contained a substantial population of Thracians and possibly Illyrians. For short period it was a Bulgarian city in the First Bulgarian Empire and the Second Bulgarian Empire, later it was part of the Serbian Empire in the early 14th century and the town governor was Jovan Oliver during the time of Emperor Dusan, it was part of Konstantin Dragas realm in 1355-1395. Before the Balkan Wars, it was a township (kaza) with the name Köprülü in Uskub sandjak, vilayet, Ottoman empire.[1]
[edit] Features
Through Macedonia Veles is known as industrial center and recently, as a leader in the implementing of IT in the local administration in Macedonia.
Veles is a city of poetry, culture, history and tradition, as well as a town with plentiful and precious cultural heritage and centuries old churches.
Veles is a municipality of 55,000 people.[3]
[edit] International relations
[edit] Twin towns — Sister cities
Veles (city) is twinned with:
Other forms of partnership:
Pula (Document of friendship and cultural cooperation in 2002)
[edit] Media
Two TV stations and many radio stations operate in Veles,they are Channel 21 & Zdravkin.
[edit] Sport
Veles has a lot of sports teams,but most popular are:
[edit] People from Veles
- Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed, Ottoman grand vizier
- Metodi Aleksiev, revolutionary
- Panko Brashnarov, revolutionary
- Ilija Dimovski, member of Macedonian Parliament
- Gheorghe Ghica, Prince of Moldavia
- Yordan Hadzhikonstantinov-Dzhinot, teacher and publicist
- Igor Krajchev, writer
- Panče Kumbev, footballer
- Ivan Naumov, revolutionary
- Kole Nedelkovski, revolutionary
- Kazım Özalp, Turkish military office
- Jordan Popjordanov, revolutionary
- Kočo Racin, writer
- Svetozar Ristovski, film director
- Mile Pop Yordanov, revolutionary
- Dragan Zdravkovski, footballer
- Rayko Zhinzifov, poet
- Vasil Glavinov, revolutionary
[edit] References
- ^ a b Rahmi Tekin, Osmanli Atlasi, Istanbul 2003
- ^ Велес по осамостојувањето на Македонија Општина Велес
- ^ veles.gov.mk[dead link]
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