Veles (city)

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Veles (city)

Veles () is a city in the center of the Republic of Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

The Republic of Macedonia , , often referred to simply as Macedonia, is a landlocked country on the Balkans in southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south and Albania to the west....
on the Vardar

Vardar

The Vardar or Axios is the longest and major river in the Republic of Macedonia and also a major river of Greece. It is 388 kilometres long, and drains an area of around 25 000 km?....
river. The city of Veles is the seat of Veles Municipality

Veles municipality

Veles is a municipality in central Republic of Macedonia. Veles is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Veles municipality is part of Vardar statistical region....
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History The area of present-day Veles has been inhabited for over a millennia.

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Veles () is a city in the center of the Republic of Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

Vardar

Veles municipality

Veles is a municipality in central Republic of Macedonia. Veles is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Veles municipality is part of Vardar statistical region....
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Name

The city is named after a Slavic

Slavic peoples

The Slavic Peoples are a linguistic branch of Indo-European peoples, living mainly in eastern Europe. From the early 6th century they spread from their original homeland to inhabit most of eastern Central Europe, Eastern Europe and the Balkans....
god Veles

Veles (god)

Veles also known as Volos is a major Slavic pantheon of earth, waters and the underworld, associated with Slavic dragon, cattle, Magic , musicians, wealth and trickery....
. After World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
the city was known as Titov Veles after Yugoslavian president Josip Broz Tito

Josip Broz Tito

Josip Broz Tito, original name Josip Broz was the leader of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1945 until his death in 1980. During World War II, Tito organized the anti-fascist resistance movement known as the People's Liberation Movement led by Yugoslav Partisans....
, but the 'Titov' was removed when Macedonia became an independent nation. Cars which were registered in Veles were identified by the code TV (Titov Veles) which was changed as late as 2000 to VE.

History

The area of present-day Veles has been inhabited for over a millennia. In antiquity, it was a Paionia

Paionia

Paionia or Paeonia was in ancient geography, the land of the Paeonians , the exact boundaries of which, like the early history of its inhabitants, are very obscure but they were in the region of Thrace....
n city called Bylazora

Bylazora

Bylazora or Vylazora was a Paionian city from the period of early classic antiquity. It is located in Ovce Pole, a valley in the Republic of Macedonia, on a locality called Gradi?te....
, and contained a substantial population of Thracians

Thracians

The ancient Thracians were a group of Indo-European peoples who spoke the Thracian language - a scarcely attested branch of the Indo-European language family....
and possibly Illyrians

Illyrians

Illyrians has come to refer to a broad, ill-defined "Indo-European languages" group of peoples who inhabited the western Balkans and even possibly Messapia in Southern Italy ....
. Before the Balkan Wars

Balkan Wars

The Balkan Wars were two wars in South-eastern Europe in 1912?1913 in the course of which the Balkan League first conquered Ottoman Empire-held Macedonia , Albania and most of Thrace and then fell out over the division of the spoils....
, it was a township (kaza

KAZA

The Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area or KAZA TFCA is a conservation park that will be created by the African countries of Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe....
) with the name Köprülü in Uskub

Skopje

Skopje is the Capital of and List of cities in the Republic of Macedonia by population in the Republic of Macedonia, with more than a quarter of the population of the country, as well as its political, cultural, economic, and academic centre....
sandjak, vilayet, Ottoman empire

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
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Features

Veles is 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 50,000 people.

Sister cities

Slobozia
Slobozia

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Other forms of partnership:

Pula
Pula

Pula is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia, situated at the southern tip of the Istria peninsula, with a population of 62,080 .Like the rest of the region, it is known for its mild climate, tame sea, and unspoiled nature....
(Document of friendship and cultural cooperation in 2002)

Veles (city)

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