Country Albania Administrative Unit Pustec Local time Thursday 6:22 PM Municipality Pustec Municipality | County Korçë Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 550 (2007) Municipal unit Pustec Municipality | |
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Weather 9°C, Wind N at 8 km/h, 64% Humidity | ||
Dolna Gorica (Macedonian: Долна Горица), formerly Goricë e Vogël, is a village on the western shore of Lake Prespa in the Pustec Municipality of the Korçë County in Albania.
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Map of Dolna Gorica, Albania
History
A survey in the late 19th century found Dolna Gorica to consist of 75 houses and 67 male Bulgarian Orthodox residents.
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.
Culture
In 2002, a library opened in the village consisting of primarily Macedonian-language books.
A monument commemorating the ethnic Macedonian refugees of the Greek Civil War was unveiled in the village in May, 2013.
Dolna Gorica is home to the annual "Day of Wine" event, occurring each December.