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![[Flag of Struga]](../images/m/mk-strug.gif)
by Ivan Sache
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Struga (35,509 inhabitants) is one of the two large cities by the lake of Ohrid, the other
one being Ohrid. Struga
seems to be one of the centers of immigration from more rural
regions. Struga is also a popular summer resort for Macedonians, and
tourism is an important industry. The nearby international airport
helps this further.
Struga is also strongly divided between the Albanian and Macedonian
communities, that both have about half of the population (1981:
Macedonians, 53%; Albanians, 41%).
Željko Heimer, 25 February 2002
The municipal flag of Struga is vertical, in proportion 2:1, blue with the municipal emblem in the middle.
The emblem looks like a convex brass shield. In the middle of the
shield is a landscape flanked by two spikes. The landscape pictures the bridge over
the mouth of the river Crni Drim, where it enters the lake of Ohrid
(flowing from the base of the shield into the lake placed above).
Source: Macedonian Ministry of Local Self-Government website
Ivan Sache & Željko Heimer , 25 February 2002