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[[Image:Ohrid and Prespa lakes topographic map.svg|thumb|right|250px|Topographic map of the Prespa region]]
[[Image:Ohrid and Prespa lakes topographic map.svg|thumb|right|250px|Topographic map of the Prespa region]]
'''Prespa''' ([[Macedonian language]]: Преспа) is a region in [[Republic of Macedonia]]. It shares the same name with the two [[Lake Prespa|Prespa lakes]] which are situated in the middle of the region. The largest town is [[Resen (city)|Resen]] with 9,000 inhabitants.
'''Prespa''' (([[Albanian language]]: Prsepa) or ([[Macedonian language]]: Преспа)) is a region in [[Republic of Macedonia]]. It shares the same name with the two [[Lake Prespa|Prespa lakes]] which are situated in the middle of the region. The largest town is [[Resen (city)|Resen]] with 9,000 inhabitants.

Until World War II, Prsepa was a region shared mostly within the borders of [[Albania]]. At the present time, In the side of Albania there are numbered 9 villages. The population in prsepa is majority Albanians who speak the [[tosk]] dialect. The name prespa come from the region so called during the roman times.


The much wider region of Prespa is shared by the Republic of Macedonia, Albania and Greece.


[[Category:Geography of the Republic of Macedonia]]
[[Category:Geography of the Republic of Macedonia]]
In the side of Albania are numbered 9 villages.





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Topographic map of the Prespa region

Prespa ((Albanian language: Prsepa) or (Macedonian language: Преспа)) is a region in Republic of Macedonia. It shares the same name with the two Prespa lakes which are situated in the middle of the region. The largest town is Resen with 9,000 inhabitants.

Until World War II, Prsepa was a region shared mostly within the borders of Albania. At the present time, In the side of Albania there are numbered 9 villages. The population in prsepa is majority Albanians who speak the tosk dialect. The name prespa come from the region so called during the roman times.