Centar Župa ( mk, ; tr, Merkez Jupa) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

and seat in the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

of Centar Župa,

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...

. The town is inhabited mainly by

Turks Turk or Turks may refer to: Communities and ethnic groups * Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic languages * Turkish people, or the Turks, a Turkic ethnic group and nation * Turkish citizen, a citizen of the Republic ...

Demographics

Centar Župa is a new village formed by families who settled in the area and originate from the villages of Balanci, Bajramovci, Crno Boci,

Golem Papradnik Golem Papradnik ( mk, Голем Папрадник) is a village in the municipality of Centar Župa, North Macedonia. Demographics Golem Papradnik has traditionally been inhabited by a urkspopulation. p. 326. "Население со мајч� ...

and Mal Papradnik. "Центар Жупа како нова населба се формира од доселени фамилии од блиските села: Голем и Мал Папрадник, Баланци, Бајрамовци и Црнобоци." As of the 2021 census, Centar Župa had 354 residents with the following ethnic composition:Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
/ref> *Turks 304 *Macedonians 33 *Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 13 *Albanians 4 According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 800 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. 189. *

714 * Macedonians 80 * Albanians 4 * Others 2

References

Villages in Centar Župa Municipality Macedonian Muslim villages Turkish communities in North Macedonia {{CentarŽupa-geo-stub