page_title: Lake Malik
hierarchical_section_title: Lake Malik
caption_attribution_description: 3rd Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary - Elbasan
context_page_description: Lake Malik is an artificially drained lake in Albania.
  The government took the decision to drain the lake after 1939 to combat malaria. The draining operation started in 1946 using convict labour and it created new agricultural areas.
context_section_description: Lake Malik (Albanian: Liqeni I Maliqit, Macedonian: Маличко Езеро Malicko Ezero - meaning "small lake", Greek: Λίμνη Μαλίκη Límni Malíki) is an artificially drained lake in Albania.
  The government took the decision to drain the lake after 1939 to combat malaria. The draining operation started in 1946 using convict labour and it created new agricultural areas.
caption: Austro-Hungarian map from 1887 depicting Lake Malik on the bottom right side, south of lake Ohrid.
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