DOJRAN

Dojran lies 48m above sea level. A road of 15 km branches off the international Skopje - Gevgelija road, leading through the town Bogdanci to the fishing settlement of New Dojran (Nov Dojran).
The tourist settlement is called Old Dojran (Stari Dojran), only two km from New Dojran. The main occupation of the people from this region is always fishing due to the great wealth of Lake Dojran. In the middle ages, Dojran was known by the name of Polin. A legend about Dojran tells us that a beautiful girl by the name of Dojrana jumped into a spring and found herself in a whirlpool, after refusing to become the wife of a Turkis pasha. The whirlpool created a lake which was named after beautiful Dojrana - Lake Dojran.
Before the First World War, Old Dojran had 12.000 inhabitants, but due to the bombardments it was largely destroyed because it was in the region of the front, and all the inhabitants left.
Therefore, two settlements were established - Old Dojran with the ruins and newly built hotels and vacation houses near lake Dojran, and New Dojran a small fishing town.

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