Velgošti

Velgošti (Macedonian: Велгошти) is a village in the municipality of Ohrid, North Macedonia. It has a primary school called Živko Čingo dedicated to the author born there.

Velgošti Велгошти
Panoramic view of the village
Velgošti Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°08′N 20°50′E
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Southwestern
Municipality	Ohrid
Population  (2021)
• Total	3,141
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Demographics

According to the statistics of the Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900, 1,220 inhabitants lived in Velgošti, 1,190 Christian Bulgarians and 30 Muslim Bulgarians.^[1]

As of the 2021 census, Velgošti had 3,141 residents with the following ethnic composition:^[2]

• Macedonians 2,673
• Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 394
• Others 66
• Vlachs 8

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 3,060 inhabitants.^[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[3]

• Macedonians 3,002
• Serbs 8
• Aromanians 10
• Others 40