Name
The city's name was Vylosa in Ancient Greek and before the Balkan Wars, it was a township (kaza) with the name Köprülü in the Üsküp sandjak, Ottoman empire for 600 years. From 1877 to 1912 the sandjak was part of the Kosovo vilayet. It was named Köprülü after its founder Mehmed Köprülü, a Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. The city is named after a Slavic god Veles. After World War II, the city was known as Titov Veles after Yugoslavian president Josip Broz Tito, but the 'Titov' was removed in 1996. Cars registered in Veles were identified by the code TV (Titov Veles), which was changed as late as 2000 to VE.
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