Boroec (, ) is a

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in the

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Struga Struga ( ; , sq-definite, Struga) is a town and popular tourist destination situated in the south-western region of North Macedonia, lying on the shore of Lake Ohrid. The town of Struga is the seat of Struga Municipality. Name The name Struga ...

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Demographics

Boroec has traditionally been inhabited by Orthodox Christian Macedonians and a Torbeš population. p. 333. "Исламизираните Македонци во струшките села Јабланица, Боро(в)ец, Октиси, Подгорци и Лабуништа живеат заедно со православното население". According to the 1943

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census, Boroec was inhabited by 400 Muslim

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and 340 Orthodox Macedonians. According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 629 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. 131. * Macedonians 193 * Turks 175 *

74 *Others 187 As of the 2021 census, Boroec had 565 residents with the following ethnic composition:Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
/ref> * Macedonians 47 * Turks 153 *

103 *Others 143 *Persons for whom data was taken from administrative sources 119

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Villages in Struga Municipality Torbeši settlements Albanian communities in North Macedonia {{Struga-geo-stub