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Korçë County

Pustec

Pustec is one of the 61 municipalities of , within County in the southeastern fringes of the country. It contains all of Albania's share of the Great Prespa Lake, as well as most of Prespa National Park which extends southward to Albania's portion of the Small Prespa Lake in Devoll Municipality.
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  • Type: Village with 1,130 residents
  • Description: village in Albania
  • Also known as: “Liqenas”, “Postec”, “Pushteci”, and “Pusteci”
  • Address: BASHKIA PUSTEC

Places of Interest

Highlights include Maligrad Island and St. Mary’s Church.

Islet
Photo: Ardit Alimemeti, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Maligrad is an situated deep within the part of , with many caves suitable for wildlife and a circular cliff. Shaped like a tadpole, it contains some trees and an area of sand.

Church
Photo: Albinfo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The St. Mary's Church or Virgin Mary's Church is an Eastern Orthodox cave church on the island of , in the part of . It is a Cultural Monument of Albania.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Diellas and Leskë.

Village
Shulin, formerly known officially as , is a village southeast of in the Pustec Municipality which is officially recognised as a Macedonian minority zone located in the , .

Village
Photo: Ehrlich91, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in the Pustec Municipality of the in . Leska is situated west of , near the village of Pustec. The village is mainly composed of ethnic Macedonians.

Village
Zërnosko is a village in the Pustec Municipality which is officially recognised as a Macedonian minority zone located in the in . It is located at the southeastern end of , south of the village of Pustec.

Pustec

Latitude
40.7879° or 40° 47′ 16″ north
Longitude
20.9012° or 20° 54′ 4″ east
Population
1,130
Elevation
861 metres (2,825 feet)
Open location code
8GG2QWQ2+5F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5297308247
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
782500
Wiki­data ID
Q15188520
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Pustec” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Liqenas”
  • Albanian: “Pustec”
  • Bengali: “পুস্টেক”
  • Bulgarian: “Пустец”
  • Catalan: “Liqenas”
  • Catalan: “Pustec”
  • Catalan: “Pústets”
  • French: “Pustec”
  • German: “Liqenas”
  • German: “Liqenasi”
  • German: “Pustec”
  • German: “Пустец”
  • Greek: “Πούστετς”
  • Hungarian: “Liqenas”
  • Hungarian: “Pustec”
  • Hungarian: “Pusztec”
  • Italian: “Pustec”
  • Macedonian: “Пустец”
  • Polish: “Liqenas”
  • Polish: “Pustec”
  • Portuguese: “Liqenas”
  • Portuguese: “Pustec”
  • Serbian: “Пустец”
  • Turkish: “Pustec”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Pustec”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Pustec”. Photo: Albinfo, CC BY-SA 3.0.