Gorna Gorica
| Gorna Gorica Горна Горица, Goricë e Madhe | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Gorna Gorica | |
| Coordinates: 40°53′39″N 20°54′10″E / 40.89417°N 20.90278°ECoordinates: 40°53′39″N 20°54′10″E / 40.89417°N 20.90278°E | |
| Country |
 Albania |
| County | Korçë |
| Municipality | Pustec |
| Administrative unit | Pustec |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 515 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Gorna Gorica (Macedonian: Горна Горица), previously officially known as Goricë e Madhe, is a village in the Pustec Municipality of the Korçë County in Albania.[1] It is situated west of Lake Prespa and the village of Tuminec, and northwest of the village of Dolna Gorica.
History
Gorna Gorica is the location[2] of a fortified town called Pellion[3] of the ancient Greek[4] tribe of the Dexaroi. The site later became an ancient Macedonian fortress.[5]
In the late 19th century, the village came under the Bulgarian Exarchate. According to the exarchate, the village had 33 houses and 404 Orthodox Christian residents at that time.[6]
In 2013, the village's official name was changed from "Goricë e Madhe" to "Gorna Gorica".[7]
Demographics
| Year | Population |
| 1900 | 285 |
| 1926 | 511 (with Dolna Gorica) |
| 1945 | 201 |
| 1960 | 329 |
| 1969 | 369 |
| 1979 | 406 |
| 1989 | 489 |
| 2000 | 515 |
References
- ↑ Law nr. 115/2014
- ↑ Barrington atlas of the Greek and Roman world by Richard J. A. Talbert, 2000, ISBN 0-691-04945-9, page 755
- ↑ An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 326
- ↑ The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 6: The Fourth Century BC by D. M. Lewis (Editor), John Boardman (Editor), Simon Hornblower (Editor), M. Ostwald (Editor), 1994, ISBN 0-521-23348-8, page 423: "These Dassareti not to be confused with the Greek speaking Dexari or Dessaretae lay between the Dardani and the coastal people of the Ardiaei,"
- ↑ The campaigns of Alexander by Arrian, Aubrey De Sélincourt, ISBN 0-14-044253-7, 1971, page 50: "Pelium was a Macedonian border fortress"
- ↑ Българите в Албания I част
- ↑ "Pas Pustecit, edhe 7 fshatra të Korçës me emertime maqedonase" (in Albanian). Info Arkiv. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
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