Velešta (Macedonian: Велешта, Albanian: Veleshtë) is a village in the municipality of Struga, North Macedonia.

[1] The village is located in the Drimkol area, in the central part of the territory of the Municipality of Struga, on the left side of the river Black Drin.

Local traditions among Velešta residents hold that the earliest people to settle in the village originated from Debar with the Istrefaj (Istrefllarë) and Vinca (Vojncallarë) families being the first to do so.

[3] In 1900, Vasil Kanchov gathered and compiled statistics on demographics in the area and reported that the village of Veleshta (Велеща) was inhabited by about 1100 Albanian Muslims.

[11] Ethnic groups in the village include:[11] Local football club KF Veleshta plays in the Macedonian Third League (Southwest Division).