Dollna Goricë ( sq, Dollna Gorica,
Macedonian
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* Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...
and
Bulgarian: Долна Горица), formerly Goricë e Vogël, is a village on the western shore of
Lake Prespa in the
Pustec Municipality which is officially recognised as a Macedonian minority zone located in the
Korçë County in
Albania. According to Bulgarian sources, including research by a Bulgarian scientist from Albania, the local inhabitants are
Bulgarians.
History
A survey in the late 19th century found Dolna Gorica to consist of 75 houses and 67 male Bulgarian Orthodox residents. In 1900,
Vasil Kanchov gathered and compiled statistics on demographics in the area and reported that the village of Dolna Goritsa was inhabited by about 42 Bulgarian Christians.
In February 1996, the village hosted a conference attended by officials from the
Republic of Macedonia on the subject of the ethnic Macedonian minority in Albania. In 2013, the village's official name was changed from "Goricë e Vogël" to "Dolna Gorica".
Demographics
A 2007 estimate put the village's population at 550.
Бело Раки (Belo, Raki). Селищни имена в Мала Преспа - Албания, в: Македонски преглед, ХХХ, №3, стр. 135.
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Culture
In 2002, a library opened in the village consisting of primarily Macedonian-language books.refugees of the Greek Civil War During and after the Greek Civil War of 1946–1949, members and or supporters of the defeated Communist forces fled Greece as political refugees. The collapse of the Democratic Army of Greece (DSE) and subsequent evacuation of the Communist Party o ...
was unveiled in the village in May, 2013.
References
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Populated places in Pustec Municipality
Villages in Korçë County
Macedonian communities in Albania