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Struga (Municipality, Macedonia)

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Last modified: 2006-07-22 by ivan sache
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[Flag of Struga]

Municipal flag of Struga - Image by Ivan Sache, 25 February 2002

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Presentation of Struga

The municipality of Struga (63,376 inhabitants; 483 sq. km), located by the lake of Ohrid, is made of the town of Struga and the 50 settlements of Bezovo, Bidževo, Bogojci, Brčevo, Burinec, Velešta, Višni, Vranište, Globočica, Gorna Belica, Gorno Tateši, Dolna Belica, Delogoždi, Dobovjani, Dolno Tateši, Draslajca, Drenok, Zagračani, Zbaždi, Jablanica, Kališta, Korošišta, Labuništa, Lakaica, Livada, Ložani, Lokov, Lukovo, Mali Vlaj, Misleševo, Mislodežda, Modrič, Moroišta, Nerezi, Novo Selo, Oktisi, Radožda, Radolišta, Frangovo, Šum, Piskupština, Podgorci, Poum, Prisovjani, Ržanovo, Selci, Tašmaruništa, Toska and Džepin.
Struga is a local center of immigration from more rural regions. It is also a popular summer resort for Macedonians, and tourism is an important industry. The nearby international airport helps this further.
Struga is strongly divided between the Albanian and Macedonian communities, which represented 41% and 53% of the population of the municipality in 1981.

Ivan Sache & Željko Heimer, 10 June 2006

Municipal flag of Struga

The municipal flag of Struga is vertical, in proportion 2:1, blue with the municipal emblem in the middle.
The emblem looks like a convex brass shield. In the middle of the shield is a landscape flanked by two spikes. The landscape pictures the bridge over the mouth of the river Crni Drim, where it enters the lake of Ohrid (flowing from the base of the shield into the lake placed above).

Source: Macedonian Ministry of Local Self-Government website (page no longer online)

Ivan Sache & Željko Heimer , 25 February 2002

Former municipality of Labuništa

[Flag of Labunishta]

Flag of Labuništa - Image by Ivan Sache, 17 February 2002

The town of Labuništa (9,312 inhabitants in 1994), located some 10 km north of the lake of Ohrid, was incorporated into the municipality of Struga in 2004.

The flag of Labuništa is in proportion 2:3, horizontally divided red-white-black with a green triangle placed along the hoist, and the municipal emblem in the middle.
The emblem shows a landscape with a snowy mountain, a white dove and a blue sky with four yellow stars. Below the landscape are shown two hands shaking each other.

Source: Macedonian Ministry of Local Self-Government website (page no longer online)

Ivan Sache & Željko Heimer , 10 June 2006

Former municipality of Lukovo

[Flag of Lukovo]

Flag of Lukovo - Image by Ivan Sache, 17 February 2002

The small town of Lukovo (1,932 inhabitants) is located some 20 km north of the lake of Ohrid in the valley of Crni Drim. Just north to Lukovo is the lake of Debar and just south of it is the lake of Globočicko. Just south of Lukovo is also a hydroelectric power plant.
Lukovo was incorporated into the municipality of Struga in 2004.

The flag of Lukovo is vertical, in proportion 2:1, red with a white stripe near the hoist and the municipal emblem in canton. The emblem shows a landscape with a bridge and a lake (?). There is a scroll above the shield and another one below it.

Source: Macedonian Ministry of Local Self-Government website (page no longer online)

Ivan Sache & Željko Heimer , 10 June 2006