Country Albania Administrative Unit Pustec Elevation 830 m Local time Thursday 4:59 PM Municipal unit Pustec Municipality | County Korçë Time zone CET (UTC+1) Municipality Pustec Municipality Population 1,120 (2000) | |
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Pustec (Macedonian: Пустец, Pustets), known officially as Liqenas from 1973 to 2013, is a village in the Korçë County of eastern Albania. Situated on the southwestern shore of Lake Prespa within Pustec Municipality, it is home to much of the Macedonian minority in Albania.
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- Pustec timeless
- Map of Pustec Municipality Albania
- Opstina pustec municipality liqenas pustec komuna liqenas pustec mala prespa
- Geography
- History
- Demographics
- Culture
- People from Pustec
- References
Map of Pustec Municipality, Albania
Opstina pustec municipality liqenas pustec komuna liqenas pustec mala prespa
Geography
Pustec is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Prespa and is the nearest village to the island of Maligrad. It sits at an elevation of 861 metres (2,825 ft) above sea level. To the northeast, along the lake, lies Šulin, while in the southeast is the village of Leska.
Pustec and the surrounding region lie within the Prespa National Park.
History
The village of Pustec was first mentioned in documents from 16th century.
The "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne" survey by Dimitar Mishev (D. Brankov) from 1905 shows that the inhabitants of the village of Pustec were in the bosom of the Bulgarian Exarchate
The French linguist André Mazon in his study on Slavic folklore in Albania from 1936 noted Pustec as a Bulgarian village in the region of Mala Prespa.
In 1973, the official name of the village was changed to "Liqenas" by the Albanian government. In 2013, however, the original Macedonian name, Pustec, was once again made official.
Demographics
The majority of the population are ethnic Macedonians.
Culture
The village of Pustec is situated near two centuries' old rock churches. The first, Saint Michael the Archangel, is situated on the Lake Prespa shore. Its oldest frescoes date from the 12th century. The other, St Nicholas, contains only fragments of its original frescoes.