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{{Short description|Town on Vardar, North Macedonia}}
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'''Veles''' ({{lang-mk|Велес}} {{IPA-mk|ˈvɛlɛs||Mk-Veles.ogg}}, [[Albanian language|Albanian]]: ''Veles/i'') is a city in the central part of [[North Macedonia]] on the [[Vardar]] river. The city of Veles is the seat of [[Veles Municipality]].
'''Veles''' ({{langx|mk|Велес}} {{IPA-mk|ˈvɛlɛs||Mk-Veles.ogg}}) is a city in the central part of [[North Macedonia]] on the [[Vardar]] river. The city of Veles is the seat of [[Veles Municipality]]. Veles is the seventh largest Macedonian city with a total population of 40,664 (census 2021). The largest cities in the proximity of Veles are: [[Skopje]] - the capital and the largest city of [[North Macedonia]] - 54 km in the northwest direction, [[Štip]] 43 km to the east, [[Sveti Nikole]] 34 km to the northeast, [[Prilep]] 79 km in the southwest direction, and [[Kavadarci]] and [[Negotino]] 43 km and 40 km respectively to the southeast. Veles is on the crossroad of important international road and rail lines. For all these reasons, Veles is considered to have a good geolocation within [[North Macedonia]].


== Names ==
== Names ==
Throughout the history Veles had many names, out of which three are most important. [[Vilazora]] was initially the [[Paeonian]] city Bylazora from the period of early Classical Antiquity. The city's name was Βελισσός ''Velissos'' in [[Ancient Greek]]. Later in the history, as part of the [[Ottoman Empire]] it became a township (''[[qadaa|kaza]]'') called '''Köprülü''' in the [[Skopje|Üsküp]] ''[[sanjak]]'' (one of the [[administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire]]). After the Ottoman rule, from 1929 to 1941, Veles was part of the [[Vardar Banovina]] of the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]]. After [[World War II]], the city was known as '''Titov Veles''' after Yugoslavian president [[Josip Broz Tito]], but the 'Titov' was removed in 1996.<ref>[http://veles.gov.mk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30&Itemid=55 Велес по осамостојувањето на Македонија] Општина Велес</ref>
[[Vilazora]] was initially the [[Paeonian]] city Bylazora from the period of early Classical Antiquity. The city's name was Βελισσός ''Velissos'' in [[Ancient Greek]].

In Albanian it is known as ''Qyprill'', for the same reason as the Turkish variant.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}} In [[Aromanian language|Aromanian]], the city is known as {{lang|rup|Velis}}.<ref>[https://repository.ukim.mk/bitstream/20.500.12188/6782/1/The_war_of_numbers_and_its_first_victim.pdf The War of Numbers and its First Victim: The Aromanians in Macedonia (End of 19th – Beginning of 20th century)]</ref>
Under Turkish rule it became a township (''[[qadaa|kaza]]'') called '''Köprülü''' in the [[Skopje|Üsküp]] ''[[sanjak]]'' (one of the [[administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire]]). From 1877 to 1912 the ''sandjak'' was part of the [[Kosovo vilayet]]. It played an important part in Ottoman history, as it was where [[Köprülü family|six]] [[Grand Vizier]]s hailed, and is still known as Köprülü in Turkish.
In Albanian it is known as ''Qyprill'', for the same reason as the Turkish variant.
From 1929 to 1941, Veles was part of the [[Vardar Banovina]] of the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]]. After [[World War II]], the city was known as '''Titov Veles''' after Yugoslavian president [[Josip Broz Tito]], but the 'Titov' was removed in 1996.<ref>[http://veles.gov.mk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30&Itemid=55 Велес по осамостојувањето на Македонија] Општина Велес</ref> Cars registered in Veles were identified by the code ''TV'' (Titov Veles), which was changed as late as 2000 to ''VE''.

== History ==
== History ==
[[File:Veles, Nova iskra (1899).jpg|thumbnail|left|250px|Veles in the 19th century.]]
[[File:Veles, Nova iskra (1899).jpg|thumb|left|Veles in the 19th century]]
The area of present-day Veles has been inhabited for over a millennium. In antiquity, it was a [[Paionia]]n city called [[Bylazora]], and contained a substantial population of [[Thracians]] and possibly [[Illyrians]]. It was then part of the [[Byzantine Empire]], and at times the [[First Bulgarian Empire|First]] and [[Second Bulgarian Empire]]. It became part of the [[Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)|Kingdom of Serbia]] at the end of the 13th century, while during the [[Serbian Empire]] (1345–71) it was an estate of [[Jovan Oliver]] and subsequently the [[Mrnjavčević family]] until Ottoman annexation after the [[Battle of Rovine]] (1395). Before the [[Balkan Wars]], it was a township ([[qadaa|kaza]]) with the name ''Köprülü'', part of the [[Sanjak of Üsküp]].<ref name="ReferenceA">Rahmi Tekin, Osmanli Atlasi, Istanbul 2003</ref>
The area of present-day Veles has been inhabited for over a millennium. In antiquity, it was a [[Paionia]]n city called [[Bylazora]], and contained a substantial population of [[Thracians]] and [[Illyrians]]. It was then part for centuries of the [[Roman Empire]], [[Eastern Roman Empire]], and at times the [[First Bulgarian Empire|First]] and [[Second Bulgarian Empire]]. It became part of the [[Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)|Kingdom of Serbia]] at the beginning of the 14th century, while during the [[Serbian Empire]] (1345–71) it was an estate of [[Jovan Oliver]] and subsequently the [[Mrnjavčević family]] until Ottoman annexation after the [[Battle of Rovine]] (1395). Before the [[Balkan Wars]], it was a township ([[qadaa|kaza]]) with the name ''Köprülü'', part of the [[Sanjak of Üsküp]]. In the end of the 18th century and beginning of the 19th century it was part of the semi independent Albanian [[Pashalik of Shkodra]].<ref name="ReferenceA">Rahmi Tekin, Osmanli Atlasi, Istanbul 2003</ref>


During the [[Great Eastern Crisis]], the local Bulgarian movement of the day was defeated when armed Bulgarian groups were repelled by the [[League of Prizren]], an Albanian organisation opposing Bulgarian geopolitical aims in areas like Köprülü that contained an [[Albanians|Albanian]] population.<ref name="Rama90">{{cite book|last=Rama|first=Shinasi A.|title=Nation Failure, Ethnic Elites, and Balance of Power: The International Administration of Kosova|year=2019|publisher=Springer|isbn=9783030051921|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oJaDDwAAQBAJ&q=Velesht|page=90}}</ref> According to the statistics of [[Bulgarians|Bulgarian]] ethnographer [[Vasil Kanchov]] from 1900, 19,700 inhabitants lived in Veles, 12,000 [[Bulgarian Millet|Bulgarian Exarchists]], 6,600 [[Turks in North Macedonia|Turks]], 600 [[Romani people|Romani]] and 500 [[Aromanians in North Macedonia|Aromanians]].<ref>[http://macedonia.kroraina.com/vk/index.html Vasil Kanchov. "Macedonia. "Ethnography and statistics." Sofia, 1900, p. 156]</ref>
== Ecclesiastical history ==
Some identify Veles with the Velitza of which Saint [[Clement of Ohrid]] was bishop.<ref>[http://www.paulyonline.brill.nl/entries/religion-past-and-present/clement-of-ochrid-saint-SIM_11883 Angeliki Delikari, "Clement of Ochrid (Saint)." Religion Past and Present. Brill Online, 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013]</ref><ref>[http://www.heiligen.net/heiligen/07/17/07-17-0916-clemens-ohrid.php Clemens van Ohrid]</ref>{{better source|date=February 2016}}
The ''[[Annuario Pontificio]]'' identifies Veles instead with the [[Diocese of Bela]], a [[suffragan]] of the Metropolitan Latin [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ohrid|Archdiocese of Achrida (Ohrid)]] in Bulgaria, and lists it, as no longer a residential diocese, among the Latin [[titular bishopric]]s.<ref>''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 {{ISBN|978-88-209-9070-1}}), p. 847</ref> It is probably in [[Bosnia and Hercegovina]] <ref>http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0288.htm</ref> (modern Velika?).


In 1905 Dimitar Mishev Brancoff gathered statistics about the Christian population of Macedonia, in which the Christian population of Veles appears as consisting of 13,816 Bulgarian [[Bulgarian Exarchate|Exarchists]], 56 Bulgarian [[Patriarchate of Karlovci|Patriarchal]] [[Serbomans]], 35 [[Greeks]], 402 [[Vlachs]], 12 [[Albanians]] and 444 [[Gypsies]]. In the city there were 2 lower secondary and 2 primary Bulgarian schools, one lower secondary and one primary Greek, Wallachian and Serbian schools.<ref>D.M.Brancoff (1905). ''La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne''. Paris. pp. 118-119.</ref>
== Modern city ==
[[File:St Panteleimon Church Veles.jpg|thumb|250px|St. Pantelejmon Church in Veles]]
{{trivia|date=December 2016}}
Through North Macedonia Veles is known as industrial center and recently, as a leader in the implementing of IT in the local administration in North Macedonia.


The ''[[Annuario Pontificio]]'' identifies Veles instead with the [[Diocese of Bela]], a [[suffragan]] of the Metropolitan Latin [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ohrid|Archdiocese of Achrida (Ohrid)]] in Bulgaria, and lists it, as no longer a residential diocese, among the Latin [[titular bishopric]]s.<ref>''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 {{ISBN|978-88-209-9070-1}}), p. 847</ref> It is probably in [[Bosnia and Hercegovina]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0288.htm|title = Titular See of Bela, Bosnia and Herzegovina}}</ref> (modern Velika?).
Veles is a place of poetry, culture, history and tradition, as well as a city with plentiful and precious cultural heritage and centuries old churches.

Veles made international news in 2016 when it was revealed that a group of teenagers in the city were controlling over 100 [[fake news website|websites producing fake news articles]] in support of U.S. presidential candidate [[Donald Trump]], which were heavily publicized on the social media site [[Facebook]].<ref name=tavernise /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/opinion/sunday/lies-in-the-guise-of-news-in-the-trump-era.html|title=Lies in the Guise of News in the Trump Era|author=Nicholas Kristof|author-link=Nicholas Kristof|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=2016-11-12|access-date=2016-11-21 |type=opinion}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/24/facebook-clickbait-political-news-sites-us-election-trump|title=How Facebook powers money machines for obscure political 'news' sites|author=Dan Tynan|author-link=Dan Tynan|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=2016-08-24|access-date=2016-11-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Simon Oxenham |url=http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190528-i-was-a-macedonian-fake-news-writer |title='I was a Macedonian fake news writer' |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=2019-05-29 |access-date=2019-05-29 }}</ref> Although the websites were politically charged, the motive of these websites is thought to be to generate massive amounts of ad revenue, bringing into question problems with Facebooks newsfeed algorithm.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Levy |first=Steven |title=Facebook The Inside Story |date=February 25, 2020 |publisher=[[Blue Rider Press]] |year=2020 |isbn=9780241297957 |location=United States |publication-date=February 25, 2020 |pages=Chapter 17}}</ref>

== Economy ==
[[File:St Panteleimon Church Veles.jpg|thumb|St. Pantelejmon Church in Veles]]
Throughout North Macedonia Veles is known as an industrial center and recently, as a leader in the implementing of IT in the local administration in North Macedonia.

==Geography==


Veles is a municipality of 55,000 residents.<ref>[http://www.veles.gov.mk/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=53 veles.gov.mk] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423005222/http://www.veles.gov.mk/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=53 |date=April 23, 2009 }}</ref>
Veles is a municipality of 55,000 residents.<ref>[http://www.veles.gov.mk/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=53 veles.gov.mk] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423005222/http://www.veles.gov.mk/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=53 |date=April 23, 2009 }}</ref>
The geographic location of the city of Veles makes it suitable for hiking and camping, especially at the west side of the city. One such location is the tranquil village Bogomila. Nearby there is the man made lake Mladost, which is known as the city's recreational centre.
The geographic location of the city of Veles makes it suitable for hiking and camping, especially at the west side of the city. One such location is the tranquil village Bogomila. Nearby there is the man made lake Mladost, which is known as the city's recreational centre.


==Climate==
Veles made international news in 2016 when it was revealed that a group of teenagers in the city were controlling over 100 [[fake news website|websites producing fake news articles]] in support of U.S. presidential candidate [[Donald Trump]], which were heavily publicised on the social media site [[Facebook]].<ref name=tavernise /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/opinion/sunday/lies-in-the-guise-of-news-in-the-trump-era.html|title=Lies in the Guise of News in the Trump Era|author=[[Nicholas Kristof]]|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=2016-11-12|accessdate=2016-11-21 |type=opinion}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/24/facebook-clickbait-political-news-sites-us-election-trump|title=How Facebook powers money machines for obscure political 'news' sites|author=[[Dan Tynan]]|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=2016-08-24|accessdate=2016-11-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Simon Oxenham |url=http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190528-i-was-a-macedonian-fake-news-writer |title='I was a Macedonian fake news writer' |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=2019-05-29 |accessdate=2019-05-29 }}</ref>

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=== Media ===
== Media ==
Two TV stations operate in Veles -Channel 21 & Zdravkin- and many radio stations.
Two TV stations operate in Veles - Channel 21 & Zdravkin - and many radio stations.


=== Sports ===
== Sports ==
Veles has many sports teams, the most popular of which are :
Veles has many sports teams, the most popular of which are :
* [[FK Borec]], [[association football|football]]
* [[FK Borec]], [[association football|football]]
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== International relations ==
== International relations ==
[[File:Clocktower Veles Macedonia.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The clocktower in Veles]]
[[File:Clocktower Veles Macedonia.jpg|thumb|The clocktower in Veles]]
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in North Macedonia}}
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in North Macedonia}}


=== Twin towns – sister cities ===
=== Twin towns – sister cities ===
Veles (city) is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with three other Balkanic towns :
Veles (city) is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
* {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Samobor]] (Croatia)
* {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Samobor]] (Croatia)
* [[File:Flag of Romania.svg|20px|Romania]] [[Slobozia]] (Romania)
* [[File:Flag of Romania.svg|20px|Romania]] [[Slobozia]] (Romania)
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* {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Niš]] (Serbia)
* {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Niš]] (Serbia)
* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Nowogard]] (Poland)
* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Nowogard]] (Poland)
* {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Ráckeve]] (Hungary)


Other forms of partnership :
Other forms of partnership:
*{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Pula]] (Croatia) (Document of friendship and cultural cooperation in 2002)<ref name="Pula twinnings">{{cite web|url=http://www.pula.hr/index.php?id=123 |title=Međunarodna suradnja Grada Pule|accessdate = 2013-07-28|work=Grad Pula|language = Croatian, Italian|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505091330/http://www.pula.hr/index.php?id=123|archivedate=2012-05-05}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Pula]] (Croatia) (Document of friendship and cultural cooperation in 2002)<ref name="Pula twinnings">{{cite web|url=http://www.pula.hr/index.php?id=123 |title=Međunarodna suradnja Grada Pule|access-date = 2013-07-28|work=Grad Pula|language = hr, it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505091330/http://www.pula.hr/index.php?id=123|archive-date=2012-05-05}}</ref>


== Notable locals ==
== Notable locals ==
;History, royalty and politics
;History, royalty and politics
* [[Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed]], Ottoman grand vizier
* [[Gheorghe Ghica]], Prince of Moldavia
* [[Metodi Aleksiev]], revolutionary
* [[Metodi Aleksiev]], revolutionary
* [[Jovan Babunski]], [[Chetnik]] vojvoda
* [[Jovan Babunski]], [[Chetnik]] vojvoda
* [[Panko Brashnarov]], revolutionary
* [[Panko Brashnarov]], revolutionary
* [[Ilija Dimovski]], former member of the Assembly of North Macedonia
* [[Ilija Dimovski]], former member of the Assembly of North Macedonia
* [[Gheorghe Ghica]], Prince of Moldavia
* [[Igor Janusev]], general secretary of [[VMRO-DPMNE]], member of the Assembly of North Macedonia
* [[Vasil Glavinov]], revolutionary
* [[Vasil Glavinov]], revolutionary
* [[Igor Janusev]], general secretary of [[VMRO-DPMNE]], member of the Assembly of North Macedonia
* [[Alekso Martulkov]], revolutionary
* [[Dimče Mirčev]], WWII partisan
* [[Ivan Naumov]], revolutionary
* [[Ivan Naumov]], revolutionary
* [[Kole Nedelkovski]], revolutionary
* [[Kole Nedelkovski]], revolutionary
* [[Kazım Özalp]], Turkish military office
* [[Kazım Özalp]], Turkish military office
* [[Faik Pasha]], general of the Ottoman Army
* [[Faik Pasha]], general of the Ottoman Army
* [[Lazar Petrović]], Serbian general and adjutant of [[Aleksandar Obrenović|King Aleksandar Obrenović]]
* [[Jordan Popjordanov]], revolutionary
* [[Jordan Popjordanov]], revolutionary
* [[Rizo Rizov]], revolutionary
* [[Mile Pop Yordanov]], revolutionary
* [[Mile Pop Yordanov]], revolutionary
* [[Lazar Petrović]], Serbian general and adjutant of [[Aleksandar Obrenović|King Aleksandar Obrenović]]


;Culture
;Culture
*[[Leon Boga]], writer, schoolteacher and archivist
*[[Bobby Stojanov Varga]], painter
*[[Kočo Racin]], writer
*[[Rayko Zhinzifov]], poet
*[[Svetozar Ristovski]], film director
*[[Yordan Hadzhikonstantinov-Dzhinot]], teacher and publicist
*[[Yordan Hadzhikonstantinov-Dzhinot]], teacher and publicist
*[[Zivko Prendzov]], art graphic
*[[Zivko Prendzov]], art graphic
*[[Kočo Racin]], writer
*[[Svetozar Ristovski]], film director
*[[Bobby Stojanov Varga]], painter
*[[Rayko Zhinzifov]], poet


;Sports
;Sports
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*[[Panče Kumbev]], footballer
*[[Panče Kumbev]], footballer
*[[Safer Sali]], Olympic wrestler
*[[Safer Sali]], Olympic wrestler
* [[Ljubomir Spasik]], wildwater canoeist


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 23:27, 3 January 2025

Veles
Велес (Macedonian)
Town
From the top, View of Veles from across the Vardar River, Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church, Statue of Ilindentzi
Flag of Veles
Flag
Official seal of Veles
Seal
Veles is located in North Macedonia
Veles
Veles
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°43′12″N 21°47′36″E / 41.72000°N 21.79333°E / 41.72000; 21.79333
Country North Macedonia
Region Vardar
Municipality Veles
Government
 • MayorMarko Kolev[1] (VMRO-DPMNE)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
40,664
DemonymVeleshanec/Veleshanka
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
1400
Area code+389 043
Vehicle registrationVE
Websitewww.Veles.gov.mk/

Veles (Macedonian: Велес [ˈvɛlɛs] ⓘ) is a city in the central part of North Macedonia on the Vardar river. The city of Veles is the seat of Veles Municipality. Veles is the seventh largest Macedonian city with a total population of 40,664 (census 2021). The largest cities in the proximity of Veles are: Skopje - the capital and the largest city of North Macedonia - 54 km in the northwest direction, Štip 43 km to the east, Sveti Nikole 34 km to the northeast, Prilep 79 km in the southwest direction, and Kavadarci and Negotino 43 km and 40 km respectively to the southeast. Veles is on the crossroad of important international road and rail lines. For all these reasons, Veles is considered to have a good geolocation within North Macedonia.

Names

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Throughout the history Veles had many names, out of which three are most important. Vilazora was initially the Paeonian city Bylazora from the period of early Classical Antiquity. The city's name was Βελισσός Velissos in Ancient Greek. Later in the history, as part of the Ottoman Empire it became a township (kaza) called Köprülü in the Üsküp sanjak (one of the administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire). After the Ottoman rule, from 1929 to 1941, Veles was part of the Vardar Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. After World War II, the city was known as Titov Veles after Yugoslavian president Josip Broz Tito, but the 'Titov' was removed in 1996.[2]

In Albanian it is known as Qyprill, for the same reason as the Turkish variant.[citation needed] In Aromanian, the city is known as Velis.[3]

History

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Veles in the 19th century

The area of present-day Veles has been inhabited for over a millennium. In antiquity, it was a Paionian city called Bylazora, and contained a substantial population of Thracians and Illyrians. It was then part for centuries of the Roman Empire, Eastern Roman Empire, and at times the First and Second Bulgarian Empire. It became part of the Kingdom of Serbia at the beginning of the 14th century, while during the Serbian Empire (1345–71) it was an estate of Jovan Oliver and subsequently the Mrnjavčević family until Ottoman annexation after the Battle of Rovine (1395). Before the Balkan Wars, it was a township (kaza) with the name Köprülü, part of the Sanjak of Üsküp. In the end of the 18th century and beginning of the 19th century it was part of the semi independent Albanian Pashalik of Shkodra.[4]

During the Great Eastern Crisis, the local Bulgarian movement of the day was defeated when armed Bulgarian groups were repelled by the League of Prizren, an Albanian organisation opposing Bulgarian geopolitical aims in areas like Köprülü that contained an Albanian population.[5] According to the statistics of Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900, 19,700 inhabitants lived in Veles, 12,000 Bulgarian Exarchists, 6,600 Turks, 600 Romani and 500 Aromanians.[6]

In 1905 Dimitar Mishev Brancoff gathered statistics about the Christian population of Macedonia, in which the Christian population of Veles appears as consisting of 13,816 Bulgarian Exarchists, 56 Bulgarian Patriarchal Serbomans, 35 Greeks, 402 Vlachs, 12 Albanians and 444 Gypsies. In the city there were 2 lower secondary and 2 primary Bulgarian schools, one lower secondary and one primary Greek, Wallachian and Serbian schools.[7]

The Annuario Pontificio identifies Veles instead with the Diocese of Bela, a suffragan of the Metropolitan Latin Archdiocese of Achrida (Ohrid) in Bulgaria, and lists it, as no longer a residential diocese, among the Latin titular bishoprics.[8] It is probably in Bosnia and Hercegovina[9] (modern Velika?).

Veles made international news in 2016 when it was revealed that a group of teenagers in the city were controlling over 100 websites producing fake news articles in support of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump, which were heavily publicized on the social media site Facebook.[1][10][11][12] Although the websites were politically charged, the motive of these websites is thought to be to generate massive amounts of ad revenue, bringing into question problems with Facebooks newsfeed algorithm.[13]

Economy

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St. Pantelejmon Church in Veles

Throughout North Macedonia Veles is known as an industrial center and recently, as a leader in the implementing of IT in the local administration in North Macedonia.

Geography

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Veles is a municipality of 55,000 residents.[14] The geographic location of the city of Veles makes it suitable for hiking and camping, especially at the west side of the city. One such location is the tranquil village Bogomila. Nearby there is the man made lake Mladost, which is known as the city's recreational centre.

Climate

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Climate data for Veles
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 6
(43) 		12
(54) 		17
(63) 		22
(72) 		25
(77) 		31
(88) 		35
(95) 		35
(95) 		30
(86) 		23
(73) 		14
(57) 		7
(45) 		21
(71)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −2
(28) 		0
(32) 		4
(39) 		9
(48) 		13
(55) 		16
(61) 		19
(66) 		20
(68) 		14
(57) 		8
(46) 		3
(37) 		−1
(30) 		9
(47)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 30
(1.2) 		25
(1.0) 		30
(1.2) 		35
(1.4) 		43
(1.7) 		34
(1.3) 		23
(0.9) 		20
(0.8) 		24
(0.9) 		30
(1.2) 		35
(1.4) 		40
(1.6) 		369
(14.6)
Average precipitation days 5 5 6 6 8 3 2 1 3 3 6 5 53
Average snowy days 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Average relative humidity (%) 83 75 68 66 66 61 56 56 63 74 82 85 70
Mean monthly sunshine hours 100 190 250 290 300 315 330 310 280 220 160 120 2,865
Source: Climate-Data.org [15]

Media

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Two TV stations operate in Veles - Channel 21 & Zdravkin - and many radio stations.

Sports

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Veles has many sports teams, the most popular of which are :

International relations

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The clocktower in Veles
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in North Macedonia

Twin towns – sister cities

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Veles (city) is twinned with:

Other forms of partnership:

  • Croatia Pula (Croatia) (Document of friendship and cultural cooperation in 2002)[16]

Notable locals

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History, royalty and politics
Culture
Sports

References

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  1. ^ a b Tavernise, Sabrina (7 December 2016), "As Fake News Spreads Lies, More Readers Shrug at the Truth", The New York Times, p. A1, retrieved 9 December 2016
  2. ^ Велес по осамостојувањето на Македонија Општина Велес
  3. ^ The War of Numbers and its First Victim: The Aromanians in Macedonia (End of 19th – Beginning of 20th century)
  4. ^ Rahmi Tekin, Osmanli Atlasi, Istanbul 2003
  5. ^ Rama, Shinasi A. (2019). Nation Failure, Ethnic Elites, and Balance of Power: The International Administration of Kosova. Springer. p. 90. ISBN 9783030051921.
  6. ^ Vasil Kanchov. "Macedonia. "Ethnography and statistics." Sofia, 1900, p. 156
  7. ^ D.M.Brancoff (1905). La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne. Paris. pp. 118-119.
  8. ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 847
  9. ^ "Titular See of Bela, Bosnia and Herzegovina".
  10. ^ Nicholas Kristof (2016-11-12). "Lies in the Guise of News in the Trump Era". The New York Times (opinion). Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  11. ^ Dan Tynan (2016-08-24). "How Facebook powers money machines for obscure political 'news' sites". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  12. ^ Simon Oxenham (2019-05-29). "'I was a Macedonian fake news writer'". BBC News. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  13. ^ Levy, Steven (February 25, 2020). Facebook The Inside Story. United States: Blue Rider Press. pp. Chapter 17. ISBN 9780241297957.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  14. ^ veles.gov.mk Archived April 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ "Climate: Veles". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  16. ^ "Međunarodna suradnja Grada Pule". Grad Pula (in Croatian and Italian). Archived from the original on 2012-05-05. Retrieved 2013-07-28.
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