Sopotsko (, ), is a village in the
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.
Geograp ...
of the
Republic 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 ...
. Sopotsko is roughly from the municipal centre of
Resen.
Demographics
The village of Sopotsko is inhabited by an Orthodox Macedonian majority and a
Sunni
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any successor and that his closest companion Abu Bakr () rightfully succeeded him as the caliph of the Mu ...
Muslim Albanian minority.
Sunni Albanians in Sopotsko traditionally highlighted their religious identity over a linguistic one having closer economic and social relations with Turks and Torbeš in the region and being distant from Orthodox Macedonians.
Over time these differences have disappeared through intermarriage, closer communal and cultural relations with Bektashi and other Sunni Prespa Albanian communities in the region.
As of the
2021 census, Sopotsko had 152 residents.
People from Sopotsko
*
Naum Pecalev - Bekrijata (1874 - ?), rebel
*
Reis Shaqiri (1922 - 2006),
partisan
Partisan(s) or The Partisan(s) may refer to:
Military
* Partisan (military), paramilitary forces engaged behind the front line
** Francs-tireurs et partisans, communist-led French anti-fascist resistance against Nazi Germany during WWII
** Ital ...
[Македонска енциклопедија, МАНУ, Skopje, 2009, стр.1644]
*
Resul Shaqiri (1931 -), communist politician
References
Albanian communities in North Macedonia
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Villages in Resen Municipality