| Liqenas Пустец |
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| Panorama of Liqenas (Pustec) | |
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Liqenas
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| Country | Albania |
| County | Korçë County |
| District | Korçë District |
| Municipality | Liqenas Municipality |
| Elevation | 830 m (2,723 ft) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 1,120 |
| Time zone | Central European Time (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Car Plates | KO |
Liqenas or Liqenasi (Macedonian: Пустец) is a village in Liqenas Municipality, Korçë District, Albania.
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The village of Pustec was first mentioned in documents from 16th century.
The "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne" survey by Dimitar Mishev (D. Brankov) from 1905 shows that the inhabitants of the village of Pustec were in the bosom of the Bulgarian Exarchate[1]
The French linguist André Mazon in his study on Slavic folklore in Albania from 1936 noted Pustec as a Macedonian village in the region of Mala Prespa.[2]
The village is located in Lower Prespa, on the west coast of Lake Prespa.
The majority of the population are ethnic Macedonians.
| Year | Population |
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| 1900 | 410 |
| 1926 | 515 |
| 1945 | 565 |
| 1960 | 697 |
| 1969 | 788 |
| 1979 | 941 |
| 1989 | 1 035 |
| 2000 | 1 120 |
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