Albanian organisation opposing Bulgarian geopolitical aims in areas like Köprülü that contained an Albanian population. According to the statistics of Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900, 19,700 inhabitants lived in Veles, 12,000 Bulgarian Exarchists, 6,600 Turks, 600 Romani and 500 Aromanians. Some identify Veles with the Velitza of which Saint Clement of Ohrid was bishop. The Annuario Pontificio identifies Veles instead with the Diocese of Bela, a suffragan of the Metropolitan Latin Archdiocese of Achrida (Ohrid) in Bulgaria, and lists it, as no longer a residential diocese, among the Latin titular bishoprics. It is probably in Bosnia and Hercegovina (modern Velika?). Veles made international news in 2016 when it was revealed that a group of teenagers in the city were controlling over 100 websites producing fake news articles in support of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump, which were heavily publicised on the social media site Facebook. Economy Throughout North Macedonia Veles is known as an industrial center and recently, as a leader in the implementing of IT in the local administration in North Macedonia. Geography Veles is a municipality of 55,000 residents. The geographic location of the city of Veles makes it suitable for hiking and camping, especially at the west side of the city. One such location is the tranquil village Bogomila. Nearby there is the man made lake Mladost, which is known as the city's recreational centre. Climate Media Two TV stations operate in Veles - Channel 21 & Zdravkin - and many radio stations. Sports Veles has many sports teams, the most popular of which are : FK Borec, football FK Gemidžii, football FK Prevalec, football RK Borec, handball BK Borec, wrestling KK Unibasket, basketball International relations Twin towns – sister cities Veles (city) is twinned with three other Balkanic towns : Samobor (Croatia) Slobozia (Romania) Užice (Serbia) Sombor (Serbia) Niš (Serbia) Nowogard (Poland) Ráckeve (Hungary) Other forms of partnership : Pula (Croatia) (Document of friendship and cultural cooperation in 2002) Notable locals History, royalty and politics Metodi Aleksiev, revolutionary Jovan Babunski, Chetnik vojvoda Panko Brashnarov, revolutionary Ilija Dimovski, former member of the Assembly of North Macedonia Gheorghe Ghica, Prince of Moldavia Vasil Glavinov, revolutionary Igor Janusev, general secretary of VMRO-DPMNE, member of the Assembly of North Macedonia Alekso Martulkov, revolutionary Dimče Mirčev, WWII partisan Ivan Naumov, revolutionary Kole Nedelkovski, revolutionary Kazım Özalp, Turkish military office Faik Pasha, general of the Ottoman Army Lazar Petrović, Serbian general