Peštani
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Peštani Пештани |
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Peštani and surrounding area as seen from Galičica
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 Peštani
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| Coordinates: 41°00′55″N 20°48′39″E / 41.01528°N 20.81083°E | |
| Country |
 Republic of Macedonia
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| Municipality | Ohrid Municipality |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 1,326 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
Peštani (Macedonian: Пештани) is a village in the Republic of Macedonia, located 12 kilometres south of the city of Ohrid. It is a popular beachside town along Lake Ohrid and lies at the foot of Galičica National Park. Originally a fishing village, it now gets most of its income from tourism.
Traditionally Peštani is inhabited by Orthodox Macedonians and in the Ottoman period by a small Turkish minority. By 1920, the Turks of Peštani (Turkish: Peştan) sold their houses and fields, some arable, moving to Ohrid where a few families live today known as Peştanlı. Elderly inhabitants of Peštani relate that the Turks of the village were not Islamised Slavs or Albanians, but of pure Ottoman Turkish stock and local traditions are absent about any Islamisation of local Slavic population.
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Peštani was inhabited by 560 Bulgarian Christians and 50 Muslim Bulgarians.
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,326 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
Coordinates: 41°00′N 20°48′E / 41.000°N 20.800°E
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