Veles (city)
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Veles Велес |
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 Veles
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| Coordinates: 41°43′12″N 21°47′36″E / 41.72000°N 21.79333°ECoordinates: 41°43′12″N 21°47′36″E / 41.72000°N 21.79333°E | ||
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 Macedonia
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| Municipality | Veles Municipality | |
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| • Mayor | Slavcho Chadiev (VMRO-DPMNE) | |
| Population | ||
| • Total | 43,716 | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 1400 | |
| Area code(s) | +389 043 | |
| Car plates | VE | |
| Website | www.Veles.gov.mk/ | |
Veles (Macedonian: Велес [ˈvɛːlɛs]) is a city in the central part of the Republic of Macedonia on the Vardar river. The city of Veles is the seat of Veles Municipality.
Vilazora was initially the Paeonian city Bylazora from the period of early Classical Antiquity. The city's name was Βελισσός Velissos in Ancient Greek.
Under Turkish rule it became a township (kaza) called Köprülü in the Üsküp sanjak (one of the administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire). From 1877 to 1912 the sandjak was part of the Kosovo vilayet. 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. Cars registered in Veles were identified by the code TV (Titov Veles), which was changed as late as 2000 to VE.
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 possibly Illyrians. It was then part of the Byzantine Empire, and at times the First and Second Bulgarian Empire. It became part of the 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 (kaza) with the name , part of the Sanjak of Üsküp.
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