Veles Island
| Native name: Mágædín (Götaish) | |
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 Satellite image, October 2020 | |
| Geography | |
| Location | South Central Argis |
| Administration | |
| Territory | East Veles |
| Capital and largest | St. Stephen |
| Territory | Mágædín |
| Capital and largest | Nytteatain (pop. 2,190) |
| Demographics | |
| Demonym | Velean |
| Population | 9,723 (2020) |
| Additional information | |
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Veles is an island in south-western Argis. It is separated from Argis to its east by the ??, to the west the Island of ??, to the south by the Ygros Sea, and to the north by the Sakspati Sea. Veles is the third-largest island of the Valacia Isles, the 9th-largest in Argis.
Geopolitically, Veles is divided between the Kingdom of Gotneska (officially named The Island Territory of Mágædín), an independent state covering four-sixths of the island, and The East Veles Territory, which is part of the United Federation of Garindina. As of 2022, the population of the entire island is just over 9 thousand, with 6.7 thousand living in the Island Territory of Mágædín and 3 thousand in the East Veles Territory.
Etymology
Veles Island gets its name from the old Slavic God of Land, Veles.
The native name for the island is Magdin which comes from the Gothic, which in return is what the Gotneska’s name is based on. The meaning behind Magdin has long been unknown but recently it’s been revealed to possibly mean Home.
History
(Origin of people)
The Island was first colonized during to summer of 1689 and was the first Colony of the Garindinan Empire. The Garindinans treated the Magenish People fairly and modernized the island.