ÄŒelevec () is a small village in the western area of the
Demir Kapija Municipality
Demir Kapija ( ) is a municipality in southern part of North Macedonia. ''Demir Kapija'', which means "iron door" or "iron gate" in Turkish, is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Demir Kapija Municipality is part of the ...
of
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the n ...
. The population is majority ethnically
Turkish. The village is located in a wooded area between mountains; the village is accessed, either by a hillside path from
Gevgelija
Gevgelija (; ) is a town with a population of 15,685 located in the very southeast of North Macedonia along the banks of the Vardar River, situated at the country's main border with Greece (Bogorodica-Evzoni), the point which links the motorway f ...
, or a road from the village of
Korešnica.
Demographics
As of the
2021 census, ÄŒelevec had 43 residents with the following ethnic composition:
Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
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*Turks: 38
*Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources: 4
*Albanians: 1
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 52 inhabitants.[ Ethnic groups in the village include:][Macedonian Census (2002)]
''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion''
The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 314.
* Turks: 52
References
Notes
* Demir Kapija: From Prehistory to Today , p 96
Villages in Demir Kapija Municipality
Turkish communities in North Macedonia
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