Veles

Veles is a city in the region of on both sides of the Vardar, the country's most important river. The city is home to over 43,000 residents, making it the sixth-largest in the country.
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  • Type: City with 43,700 residents
  • Description: town in North Macedonia
  • Also known as: “Köprülü”, “Titov Veles”, “Veles, Macedonia”, “Veles, North Macedonia”, and “Velessa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Veles and Memorial ossuary.

Railway station
Photo: Cibrev, CC BY-SA 4.0.
railway station is the main railway station in , North Macedonia. Today, the recently renovated station serves the passengers who travel from mostly to Skopje, and less to Bitola, Gevgelija or Kocani and the road stations from these directions.

Museum
Photo: Raso mk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a museum.

Mosque
Photo: Urum, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Veles

Latitude
41.7189° or 41° 43′ 8″ north
Longitude
21.7706° or 21° 46′ 14″ east
Population
43,700
Elevation
207 metres (679 feet)
United Nations Location Codes
MK MTS and MK TTV
Open location code
8GH3PQ9C+G6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 324836987
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
785058
Wiki­data ID
Q157050
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Volapük—“Veles” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Qyprilliu”
  • Albanian: “Velesi”
  • Amharic: “ቬሌስ”
  • Arabic: “فيليس”
  • Armenian: “Վելես”
  • Asturian: “Veles”
  • Azerbaijani: “Veles”
  • Basque: “Titov Veles”
  • Basque: “Veles”
  • Belarusian: “Велес”
  • Belarusian: “Вэлес”
  • Bengali: “ভেলেস”
  • Bosnian: “Veles”
  • Bulgarian: “Велес”
  • Bulgarian: “Велешко”
  • Bulgarian: “Вила Зора”
  • Bulgarian: “Купурли”
  • Bulgarian: “Титов Велес”
  • Catalan: “Titov Veles”
  • Catalan: “Veles”
  • Cebuano: “Veles”
  • Chechen: “Велес”
  • Chinese: “Vélès”
  • Chinese: “韋萊斯”
  • Chinese: “韦莱斯”
  • Church Slavic: “Велесъ”
  • Church Slavic: “Вєлєсъ”
  • Croatian: “Grad Veles”
  • Croatian: “Titov Veles”
  • Croatian: “Veles”
  • Czech: “Titov Veles”
  • Czech: “Veles”
  • Danish: “Veles”
  • Dutch: “Titov Veles”
  • Dutch: “Veles”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فيليس”
  • Esperanto: “Titov Veles”
  • Esperanto: “Veles”
  • Estonian: “Veles”
  • Finnish: “Veles”
  • French: “Titov Veles”
  • French: “Veles”
  • French: “Vélès”
  • Georgian: “ველესი”
  • German: “Keuprulu”
  • German: “MK-13”
  • German: “Titov Veles”
  • German: “Veles”
  • Greek: “Βέλες”
  • Greek: “Βελεσά”
  • Greek: “Βελεσσά”
  • Gujarati: “વેલ્સ”
  • Hausa: “Veles”
  • Hebrew: “ולס”
  • Hindi: “वेलेस, मैसेडोनिया”
  • Hindi: “वेलेस”
  • Hungarian: “Velesz”
  • Indonesian: “Veles”
  • Interlingue: “Veles”
  • Italian: “Titov Veles”
  • Italian: “Veles”
  • Japanese: “ヴェレス”
  • Javanese: “Veles”
  • Kannada: “ವೆಲೆಸ್”
  • Kazakh: “Велес”
  • Kirghiz: “Велес”
  • Korean: “벨레스”
  • Korean: “티토프벨레스”
  • Latvian: “Velesa”
  • Lithuanian: “Bylazora”
  • Lithuanian: “Velesas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Veles”
  • Macedonian: “Велес”
  • Macedonian: “Ќопрулу”
  • Macedonian: “Титов Велес”
  • Malay: “Veles”
  • Marathi: “वेल्स”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Vélès”
  • Mingrelian: “ველესი”
  • Moksha: “Вэлэс”
  • Northern Frisian: “Veles”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Veles”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Veles”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Велес”
  • Norwegian: “Veles”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Titov Veles”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Veles”
  • Oromo: “Veles”
  • Panjabi: “ਵੇਲਸ”
  • Persian: “فلس (مقدونیه)”
  • Persian: “ولس (شهر)”
  • Persian: “ولس”
  • Polish: “Veles”
  • Polish: “Wełes”
  • Portuguese: “Veles”
  • Pushto: “ویلس”
  • Romanian: “Titov Veles”
  • Romanian: “Veles”
  • Russian: “Велес”
  • Russian: “Титов Велес”
  • Russian: “Титов-Велес”
  • Scots: “Veles”
  • Serbian: “Veles”
  • Serbian: “Велес”
  • Serbian: “Титов Велес”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Veles”
  • Sinhala: “වෙලෙස්”
  • Slovenian: “Veles, Severna Makedonija”
  • Slovenian: “Veles”
  • Somali: “Veles”
  • Spanish: “Titov Veles”
  • Spanish: “Veles”
  • Swahili: “Veles”
  • Swedish: “Veles, Republiken Makedonien”
  • Swedish: “Veles”
  • Tajik: “Велес”
  • Tamil: “விலேஸ்”
  • Tamil: “வேலெஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Велес”
  • Tatar: “Күперле”
  • Telugu: “వెలెస్”
  • Thai: “เวเลส”
  • Turkish: “Köprülü ili”
  • Turkish: “Köprülü, Kuzey Makedonya”
  • Turkish: “Köprülü”
  • Turkish: “Veles”
  • Ukrainian: “Велес”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Veles”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Weles”
  • Urdu: “ویلس”
  • Urdu: “ویلیس”
  • Uzbek: “Veles”
  • Vietnamese: “Veles”
  • Volapük: “Veles”
  • “Köprülü”

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