Malesia, Macedonia

Malesia (Малеcија - Malesija, also Струшка Малесија - Struška Malesija) is a small region in the Upper Struga municipality, in western Republic of Macedonia, at the Golema Reka-river. It is inhabited by Orthodox Christians, as opposed to the settlements to the south, which are Muslim. Burinec and Selce used to be part of the Debar župa. The Karaorman mountain is situated to the east of Ržanovo.

It contains these villages:

• Prisovjani (Присовјани)
• Brčevo (Брчево)
• Ržanovo (Ржаново)
• Globočica (Глобочица)
• Zbaždi (Збажди)
• Lokov (Локов)
• Selce (Селцe)
• Burinec (Буринец)

References

Sources

• Branislav Rusić, Malesija