Struga

Struga Струга
Flag 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	Ziadin Sela (DPA)
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]; Albanian: Strugë/Struga) 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 first theory is that the name of the town originated from the geographic location of the town. Located at the foot of an open valley and subject to a windy climate, it was suggested that the name originates from the old Macedonian term: струже ветер (it blows wind). The second theory says that the name of the city origins from the old Macedonian word straga, meaning a cross. 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. The third theory comes from the Old Macedonian word str'g which means water branch.

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

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

Struga is located in an open valley on Lake Ohrid. The Black Drin river (Crn Drim) starts at the lake and divides the city.

As of the 2002 census, the city of Struga has 16,559 inhabitants and the ethnic composition was the following:

The mother tongues of the city's residents were the following:

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