Elšani
Elšani is a picturesque village located just by Lake Ohrid in North Macedonia. Roughly 10 kilometers south of the City of Ohrid, the village is on the western slopes of Galičica Mountain within the lush Galičica National Park.Photo: Tancino, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 620 residents
- Description: village in North Macedonia
- Also known as: “Elshani”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Galičica National Park.
Galičica National Park
Photo: MartinDimitrievski, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Galičica National Park is in the Galičica mountains in the southwestern corner of North Macedonia. It occupies pretty much the entire area between Ohrid and Prespa Lakes, from Ohrid in the north to the Albanian border in the south.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lagadin.
Lagadin
Village
Photo: Kiril Simeonovski, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lagadin is a small tourist village in the municipality of Ohrid, North Macedonia, located 9 kilometres south of the city of Ohrid. It is a popular beachside destination along Lake Ohrid and lies at the foot of Galičica National Park.
Elšani
- Category: locality
- Location: Western North Macedonia, North Macedonia, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.0263° or 41° 1′ 35″ northLongitude
20.8166° or 20° 48′ 60″ eastPopulation
620Elevation
878 metres (2,881 feet)Open location code
8GH22RG8+GJOpenStreetMap ID
node 1952751375OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
6618901Wikidata ID
Q2740573
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Swedish—“Elšani” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Helshani”
- Bulgarian: “Елшани”
- Cebuano: “El&”
- Chinese: “Elchani”
- Czech: “Elšani”
- Dutch: “Elsani”
- Dutch: “Elšani”
- French: “Elchani”
- Galician: “Elshani”
- Georgian: “ელშანი”
- Greek: “Έλσανι”
- Hungarian: “Elsani”
- Lithuanian: “Elšanis”
- Macedonian: “Elšani”
- Macedonian: “Елшани”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Elchani”
- Polish: “Ełszani”
- Portuguese: “Elšani”
- Serbian: “Elšani”
- Serbian: “Елшани”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Elšani”
- Swedish: “Elšani”
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