Golem Papradnik () is a

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in the

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Centar Župa Centar Župa (; ) is a village and seat in the Municipalities of North Macedonia, municipality of Centar Župa Municipality, Centar Župa, North Macedonia. The town is inhabited mainly by Turkish people, Turks. Demographics Centar Župa is a new v ...

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Demographics

Golem Papradnik (''Papratnik'') is recorded in the Ottoman ''

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'' of 1467 as a village in the

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of Upper Dibra. The settlement was abandoned. Golem Papradnik has traditionally been inhabited by a Turkish population. p. 326. "Население со мајчин јазик македонски живее во гр. Дебар (од двете конфесии), во селата: Присовјани, Локов, Збажди, Р’жаново, Буринец, Селци (православни) - во Малесија, Горно Косоврасти, Р’ковци, Кочишта, Мал и Голем Папрадник (муслимани), Долно Косоврасти, Мелничани, Броштица, Житинени, Горенци (од двете конфесии), Елевци, Рајчица, Пареши, Баниште (православни)." As of the 2021 census, Golem Papradnik had 443 residents with the following ethnic composition:Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
/ref> *Turks 329 *Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 79 *Macedonians 22 *Albanians 11 *Others 2 According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 840 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. 188. * Turks 799 * Macedonians 30 *

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1 *Others 10

References

Villages in Centar Župa Municipality Torbeši settlements {{CentarŽupa-geo-stub