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Resen Municipality
Resen ( ) is a municipality in southwestern Republic of North Macedonia. ''Resen, North Macedonia, Resen'' is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Resen Municipality is located in the Pelagonia Statistical Region. Geography The municipality borders Ohrid Municipality to the west, Demir Hisar Municipality to the northeast, Bitola Municipality to the east, and Greece and Albania to the south. Demographics According to the 2021 North Macedonia census, Resen Municipality has 14,373 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the municipality include: Religious affiliation according to th2002Macedonia census and 2021 North Macedonia census: * Mother tongues according to the 2002 Macedonia census in the municipality include: ** Macedonian = 12,943 (76.9%) ** Albanian = 1,885 (11.2%) ** Turkish = 1,766 (10.5%) ** Roma = 113 (0.7%) ** others. Orthodox Macedonians inhabit all populated settlements in the municipality of Resen. During the late Ottoman period, Torbeš used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Resen, North Macedonia
Resen ( ) is a town in southwestern North Macedonia, with just under 9,000 inhabitants. Resen is approximately equidistant between Bitola and Ohrid. The town rises Above mean sea level, above sea level and is situated near Lake Prespa. Resen is the only town in the Prespa Lake area and is the seat of Resen Municipality. Name The name of the city in Macedonian language, Macedonian is ''Resen'' (Ресен) and in Turkish language, Turkish ''Resne'', while in Albanian language, Albanian it is known as ''Resnjë'' (definite form: ''Resnja''). In Aromanian language, Aromanian, it is ''Areshanj'' and in Greek language, Greek ''Resinion'', Ρησίνιον. History The ancient Illyrian city of Damastion (Δαμάστιον in Greek language, Greek) may be near Resen. Resen's history dates to the Roman Empire when the famous road ''Via Egnatia'' was built, passing through the city. During the Middle Ages, the Prespa area was part of the First Bulgarian Empire, Bulgarian empire under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Resen Municipality
Resen ( ) is a municipality in southwestern Republic of North Macedonia. ''Resen, North Macedonia, Resen'' is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Resen Municipality is located in the Pelagonia Statistical Region. Geography The municipality borders Ohrid Municipality to the west, Demir Hisar Municipality to the northeast, Bitola Municipality to the east, and Greece and Albania to the south. Demographics According to the 2021 North Macedonia census, Resen Municipality has 14,373 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the municipality include: Religious affiliation according to th2002Macedonia census and 2021 North Macedonia census: * Mother tongues according to the 2002 Macedonia census in the municipality include: ** Macedonian = 12,943 (76.9%) ** Albanian = 1,885 (11.2%) ** Turkish = 1,766 (10.5%) ** Roma = 113 (0.7%) ** others. Orthodox Macedonians inhabit all populated settlements in the municipality of Resen. During the late Ottoman period, Torbeš used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, two United Nations General Assembly observers#Current non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and ten other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and one UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (15 states, of which there are six UN member states, one UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and eight de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (two states, both in associated state, free association with New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbs
The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Southeastern Europe who share a common Serbian Cultural heritage, ancestry, Culture of Serbia, culture, History of Serbia, history, and Serbian language, language. They primarily live in Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro as well as in North Macedonia, Slovenia, Germany and Austria. They also constitute a significant diaspora with several communities across Europe, the Americas and Oceania. The Serbs share many cultural traits with the rest of the peoples of Southeast Europe. They are predominantly Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox Christians by religion. The Serbian language, Serbian language (a standardized version of Serbo-Croatian) is official in Serbia, co-official in Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is spoken by the plurality in Montenegro. Ethnology The identity of Serbs is rooted in Eastern Orthodoxy and traditions. In the 19th century, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jankovec
Jankovec () is a village located in Resen Municipality in the Republic of North Macedonia. The people of Jankovec are mostly farmers and own their own farms or plantations. Apple, corn, wheat and tobacco are generally grown in the region. With a population of 1,169, Jankovec is the second-largest settlement in the municipality after Resen. Churches There are 5 churches in Jankovec, two of which are situated within Jankovec Monastery. *St. Athanasius Church, the oldest church *St. Ignatius of Antioch Church, relatively new church, second monastery church *St. John Church, located in the village and was consecrated in 1866 *St. Nicholas Church, located about east of the village *Church of Dormition of the Theotokos, the main monastery church consecrated in the 18th century Demographics Aside from the municipal centre of Resen, Jankovec is the only settlement in Resen Municipality to have over 1,000 residents. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aromanians
The Aromanians () are an Ethnic groups in Europe, ethnic group native to the southern Balkans who speak Aromanian language, Aromanian, an Eastern Romance language. They traditionally live in central and southern Albania, south-western Bulgaria, northern and central Greece, and North Macedonia, and can currently be found in central and southern Albania, south-western Bulgaria, south-western and eastern North Macedonia, northern and central Greece, southern Serbia, and south-eastern Romania (Northern Dobruja). An Aromanian diaspora living outside these places also exists. The Aromanians are known by several other names, such as "Vlachs" or "Macedo-Romanians" (sometimes used to also refer to the Megleno-Romanians). The term "Vlachs" is used in Greece and in other countries to refer to the Aromanians, with this term having been more widespread in the past to refer to all Romance-speaking peoples of the Balkan Peninsula and Carpathian Mountains region (Southeast Europe). Their ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolno
Bolno () is a village in the Resen Municipality of North Macedonia, near the mountain of Galičica. Located under east of the municipal centre of Resen, the village has 237 residents. It is also home to a football club, FK Ilinden. History Bolno is located near the Iron Age site of Selishte, which excavations of the 2010s characterized as an Illyrian fort in the Prespa-Ohrid lakeland region. In the early 20th century, the village had population of 640 Bulgarian Exarchists. There was also Bulgarian school in Bolno (Bouno). During the Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising of 1903, Bolno was looted and its 96 houses were burnt down. Demographics Bolno has historically been inhabited by Orthodox Bulgarians. According to the censuses after 1948 the local population is consisted of ethnic Macedonians. People from Bolno * Dimitar Bogoevski (1918 - 1942), communist revolutionary and poet * Evtim Bogoev (? - 1908), revolutionary, IMARO The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slivnica (Resen Municipality)
Slivnica () is a village on the eastern shore of Lake Prespa in the Resen Municipality of the Republic of North Macedonia. It is located under south of the municipal centre of Resen. Demographics Slivnica is inhabited by Orthodox Macedonians. During the late Ottoman period, Torbeš also used to reside in Slivnica. "Горна Преспа... Во Подмочани и Сливница (сега само Македонци) имало Македонци - муслимани." The statistics of Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900 also verifies this. In his statistics Slivnica had 126 inhabitants with 120 being Bulgarian Exarchists and 6 being Bulgarian Muslims The Muslim Bulgarians (, ''Bǎlgari-mohamedani'', as of recently also Българи-мюсюлмани, ''Bǎlgari-mjusjulmani'', locally called '' Pomak'', ''ahryan'', ''poganets'', ''marvak'', or '' poturnak'') are Bulgarians who follow the f .... Slivnica has a population of 188 people. It is one of only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podmočani
Podmočani () is a village in the Resen Municipality of the Republic of North Macedonia, north of Lake Prespa. The village is roughly from the municipal centre of Resen. Demographics According to Dimitar Mishev Brancoff, in his statistics gathered about the population of Macedonia, the Christian population of Podmočani was 688 Bulgarian Exarchists and 42 Albanians. Podmočani is inhabited by an Orthodox Macedonian majority and during the course of the 20th century by a small Sunni Muslim Albanian minority. During the late Ottoman period, Torbeš also used to reside in Podmočani. "Горна Преспа... Албанци во истите села каде што денес, освен во Подмочани. Во Подмочани и Сливница (сега само Македонци) имало Македонци - муслимани." Podmočani has 306 residents as of the most recent national census of 2002. The population had increased to 875 in 1981, but has dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islam In North Macedonia
Muslims in North Macedonia represent just under one-third of the nation's total population according to the 2021 census, making Islam the second most widely professed religion in the country. Muslims in North Macedonia follow Sunni Islam of the Hanafi madhhab. Some northwestern and western regions of the country have Muslim majorities. A large majority of all the Muslims in the country are ethnic Albanians, with the rest being primarily Turks, Romani, Bosniaks or Torbeš. Population Ethnicity Albanian Muslims, forming roughly 25% of the nation's total population (2002 census), and most of the Muslim population, live mostly in the Polog and western regions of the country. The Turks, who make up about 4% of the country's total population (2002 census), are scattered throughout the country, but mostly in major cities, as are Roma Muslims. Bosniaks are mostly concentrated within Skopje. Muslims of Macedonian ethnicity number roughly 40,000 to 100,000 and can be found in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
