Nakolec ( mk, Наколец; sq, Nakolec) is a village on
Lake Prespa
The Lake Prespa is located on the tripoint of North Macedonia, Albania, and Greece. It is a system of two lakes separated by an isthmus: the Great Prespa Lake, divided between the three countries, and the Little Prespa Lake, mostly within Gree ...
in
Resen Municipality
Resen ( mk, Ресен ) is a municipality in southwestern Republic of North Macedonia. '' Resen'' is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Resen Municipality is located in the Pelagonia Statistical Region.
Geography
The ...
in the
Republic of North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...
. It is located roughly south of the municipal centre of
Resen.
Demographics
The village of Nakolec has a
Sunni Albanian majority and an Orthodox Macedonian minority.
A small number of Albanian speaking Muslim Romani used to live in Nakolec which during the latter decades of the 20th century have migrated to
Ohrid
Ohrid ( mk, Охрид ) is a city in North Macedonia and is the seat of the Ohrid Municipality. It is the largest city on Lake Ohrid and the List of cities in North Macedonia, eighth-largest city in the country, with the municipality recording ...
and Resen.
In the late Ottoman period, a few Turks and some
Bektashi
The Bektashi Order; sq, Tarikati Bektashi; tr, Bektaşi or Bektashism is an Islamic Sufi mystic movement originating in the 13th-century. It is named after the Anatolian saint Haji Bektash Wali (d. 1271). The community is currently led by ...
Albanians, known locally as ''Kolonjarë'', used to also reside in the village of Nakolec ( tr, Nakoleç).
[ "Горна Преспа... Во 1900 год. Турци имало само во Наколец (30 лица)."]
Nakolec has 262 residents as of the most recent national census in 2002.
Municipality of Resen
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Gallery
File:Nakolec village 5.jpg, Entrance (right) into Nakolec from main road
File:Nakolec village 6.jpg, Architecture of Nakolec
File:Nakolec village 4.jpg, Architecture of Nakolec
File:Nakolec village 1.jpg, Nakolec village square
File:Nakolec village 3.jpg, Architecture of Nakolec
File:Xhamia e Nakolecit 1.jpg, Mosque of Nakolec
File:Lumi i Nakolecit dhe vakëfi mysliman të fshatit në sfond 1.jpg, River of Nakolec and Sufi shrine (centre) in the background
File:Vakëfi mysliman të Nakolecit.jpg, Sufi Muslim shrine in Nakolec
File:Викиекспедиција Преспа 165.jpg, Orthodox church entrance and bell tower of Nakolec
File:Orthodox church of Nakolec.3.jpg, Orthodox church and cemetery of Nakolec
People from Nakolec
* Risto Vasilevski (1943 -), poet, critic, and translator
References
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Villages in Resen Municipality