Strugë

Struga Струга
Aerial view of Struga
Coat of arms
Struga Location within Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°10′N 20°40′E / 41.167°N 20.667°E / 41.167; 20.667
Country	Macedonia
Municipality	Struga Municipality
Government
• Mayor	Ramiz Merko
Area
• Total	483 km2 (186 sq mi)
Elevation	693 m (2,273 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	16,559
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	6330
Area code(s)	+389 46
Car plates	Struga car plate
Climate	Cfb
Website	http://www.struga.gov.mk/

Struga (Macedonian: Струга [ˈstruɡa] ( listen), Albanian: Struga/Strugë) is a town and popular tourist destination situated in the south-western region of the Republic of Macedonia, lying on the shore of Lake Ohrid. The town of Struga is the seat of Struga Municipality.

The origins of the name Struga come from the Old Church Slavonic language.

There are three theories regarding the name, all of which are supported by the local inhabitants of the Struga region.

The old name of the city is Ενχαλών Enchalon, the ancient Greek word for eel, a kind of fish that lives in the Lake Ohrid.

In the late 19th and early 20th century, Struga was part of the Manastir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.

Struga was the birthplace in 1865 İbrahim Temo, who would go on to be a doctor and one of the founders of the Ottoman reform movement known as the Committee of Union and Progress.

From 1929 to 1941, Struga was part of the Vardar Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.