Veles
Veles is a municipality in central part of North Macedonia. Veles is also the name of the city where the municipal seat is found. Veles Municipality is part of the Vardar Statistical Region.
- Type: municipality of North Macedonia with 54,400 residents
- Description: local administrative unit (opština) in North Macedonia
- Also known as: “komunumo Veles”, “Köpürlü”, “MK-101”, “Municipio di Veles”, “Občina Veles”, “Opsjtina Veles”, “Titov Veles”, “Veles Municipality”, and “Община Велес”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Veles and Otovica.
Veles
- Location: North Macedonia, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
41.7758° or 41° 46′ 33″ north
Longitude
21.7628° or 21° 45′ 46″ east
Population
54,400
Elevation
246 metres (807 feet)
Open location code
8GH3QQG7+84
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Veles” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Komuna e Qyprilliut”
- Albanian: “Komuna e Velesit”
- Amharic: “ቬሌስ”
- Armenian: “Վելեսի համայնք”
- Azerbaijani: “Veles”
- Belarusian: “Вэлес”
- Bengali: “ভেলেস”
- Bulgarian: “Велес”
- Cebuano: “Titov Veles Opština”
- Chinese: “韋萊斯市鎮”
- Chinese: “韦莱斯市镇”
- Croatian: “Općina Veles”
- Dutch: “Veles”
- Esperanto: “Opština Veles”
- French: “Veles”
- Georgian: “ველესის თემი”
- German: “Opština Veles”
- German: “Veles”
- Greek: “Δήμος Βελεσών”
- Hausa: “Veles”
- Indonesian: “Munisipalitas Veles”
- Italian: “Veles”
- Japanese: “ヴェレス”
- Javanese: “Veles”
- Kazakh: “Велес”
- Kirghiz: “Велес”
- Korean: “벨레스시”
- Lombard: “Veles (comun)”
- Lombard: “Veles”
- Macedonian: “Велес”
- Macedonian: “Општина Велес”
- Malay: “Veles”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Veles Chhī”
- Oromo: “Veles”
- Panjabi: “ਵੇਲੇਸ”
- Persian: “ولس مونیکیپلیتی”
- Persian: “ولس”
- Polish: “Gmina Wełes”
- Portuguese: “Município de Veles”
- Portuguese: “Veles”
- Pushto: “ولس”
- Romanian: “Veles”
- Russian: “Велес”
- Serbian: “Opština Veles”
- Serbian: “Општина Велес”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Veles”
- Slovenian: “Opština Veles”
- Somali: “Veles”
- Spanish: “Municipalidad de Veles”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Veles”
- Spanish: “Veles”
- Swahili: “Veles”
- Swedish: “Veles”
- Tajik: “Vilojati Veles”
- Tajik: “Велес”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Велес”
- Tatar: “Велес”
- Turkish: “Köprülü”
- Ukrainian: “Велес”
- Urdu: “ویلیس بلدیہ”
- Uzbek: “Veles”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Veles”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Progon and Teke.
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Highlights: Ezero Mladost and Železnička Stanica Braḱa Košulčevi.
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