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|elevation = 861|elevation_min = |elevation_max = |area_total = |population_as_of = 2000|population_total = 1120|postal_code = |area_code = |car_plates = |website = }}Pustec (; ) formerly known as Liqenas (1973–2013), is a village in Pustec Municipality, Korçë County, eastern Albania.WEB,weblink Law nr. 115/2014, sq, 6372–6373, 25 February 2022, Situated on the southwestern shore of Lake Prespa, it is home to much of the Macedonian minority in Albania.NEWS,weblink Minorités en Albanie : les Macédoniens craignent la réorganisation territoriale du pays, Naumovski, Jaklina, 25 January 2014, Balkan Courriers, 16 May 2014,

Geography

(File:Church of Saint Michael 05.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Church in Pustec)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 {{convert|861|m|ft}} above sea level.WEB,weblink Liqenas, Geoview.info, 17 May 2014, To the northeast, along the lake, lies Shulin, 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 mentioned in the Slepche Beadroll from the 16th century.Гергова, Иванка. Поменици от Македония в български сбирки, София, 2006, с. 29.The survey by Dimitar Mishev (D. Brancoff) from 1905 shows that the inhabitants of the village of Pustec ()сп. "Македонски преглед", Македонски научен институт, год. ХХХ, 2007, бр. № 3. Бело, Раки. Селищни имена в Мала Преспа - Албания. стр. 133 - 138.Olga M. Mladenova, Definiteness in Bulgarian: Modelling the Processes of Language Change, Walter de Gruyter, 2008, {{ISBN|3110198894}}, p. 393.Mangalakova, Tanya (2004). Ethnic Bulgarians in Mala Prespa and Golo Brdo. Sofia; International Centre for Minority Studies and Intercultural Relations (IMIR).Tashev, S. Bulgarians in Albania. The Long Path to Recognition. Orbel, Sofia – Toronto, 2020. pp. 202-209, ISBN 978-954-496-138-1. were in the bosom of the Bulgarian Exarchate. There were 400 Bulgarian Exarchists in the village.D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, p.170-171 {{in lang|fr}}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.Mazon, André. Documents, contes et chansons slaves de l’Albanie du Sud, Paris, 1936, p.3 {{in lang|fr}}In 1939, on behalf of 70 Bulgarian houses in Pustec, Todor Postalov signed a request by the local Bulgarians to the Bulgarian tsaritsa Giovanna requesting her intervention for the protection of the Bulgarian people in Albania – at that time an Italian protectorate.Елдъров, Светозар. Българите в Албания 1913-1939. Изследване и документи, София, 2000, стр. 324-326.{{in lang|bg}}In 1973, the official name of the village was changed to Liqenas by the Albanian government. In 2013, however, the original Slavic name, Pustec, was once again made official by the Albanian government.Pustec poveke ne e Liqenas

Demographics

(File:Chapel in Pustec, Albania 04.jpg|thumb|Chapel in Pustec)The majority of the population are ethnic Macedonians.{| class="wikitable" ! Year!! Population| 1900| 410 | 1926| 515| 1945| 565| 1960| 697| 1969| 788| 1979| 941| 1989| 1035 |2000| 1120

Culture

File:Almk sign.JPG|thumb|220px|Bilingual road sign in Pustec written in both Albanian (top) and Macedonian (bottom)]]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.BOOK, Пештерните цркви во Охридско-Преспанскиот регион (Р. Македонија, Р. Албанија, Р. Грција), Angeličin-Žura, Goce, В: „Ниш и Византија IV: зборник радова“; Симпозиум „Ниш и Византија IV“, Зборник радова IV, Ниш, 3–5 юни 2005, Ниш, 397,weblink 4 May 2014, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20111006154644weblink">weblink 6 October 2011, dmy-all, Pustec is home to an ethnographic museum, established by Spase Trpo in 2023.NEWS,weblink E veçantë, mësuesi i historisë krijon muzeun etnografik në Pustec, Fol Shqip, NEWS, Еуроњуз Албанија: Спасе Терпо од Пустец со свои сили изгради музеј, го направи она што со години власта не успеа,weblink Skopsko Eho, 13 March 2023,

People from Pustec

• Trajan Gjorgjiovski, partisanNEWS,weblink Ta Pastrojmë Prespën Në Një Ditë, 30 November 2013, Makedonium, Albanian, 17 May 2014,
• Mitre Kolevski, partisan
• Edmond Temelko, mayor of Pustec Municipality and president of the Macedonian Party

References

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