Novak
Village
Новак
Airview of the village
Airview of the village
Novak is located in North Macedonia
Novak
Novak
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°26′12″N 20°37′04″E / 41.43667°N 20.61778°E / 41.43667; 20.61778
Country North Macedonia
Region Southwestern
Municipality Centar Župa
Population
 (2021)
  Total751
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
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Novak (Macedonian: Новак, Turkish: Novak) is a village in the municipality of Centar Župa, North Macedonia. The village is inhabited mainly by Turks.

Demographics

According to the 1929 ethnographic map by Russian Slavist Afanasy Selishchev, Novak was a mixed Bulgarian-Albanian village.[1]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Novak was inhabited by 643 Muslim Albanians.[2]

The village is inhabited by a Turkish speaking population consisting of Turks.[3][4]

As of the 2021 census, Novak had 751 residents with the following ethnic composition:[5]

  • Turks 703
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 45
  • Others 3

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,006 inhabitants.[6] Ethnic groups in the village include:[6]

References

  1. Афанасий Селищев. „Полог и его болгарское население. Исторические, этнографические и диалектологические очерки северо-западной Македонии“. – София, 1929, стр. 26.
  2. http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm
  3. Vidoeski, Božidar (1998). Dijalektite na makedonskiot jazik. Vol. 1. Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite. ISBN 9789989649509. p.214. "Турски етнички елемент живее во Жупа - во селата: Коџаџик, Новаци, Брештани, Елевци, Евла, Долгаш, Ослоница и Праленик, и нешто во градот Дебар." p. 326.
  4. Bunguri, Adem (2009). "Kalaja e Koxhaxhikut (Dibër) [Koxhaxhik's Castle (Dibër)]". Studime Historike (1–02): 44. "Është kjo arsyeja që pranë kalasë së Koxhaxhikut sot gjenden 6 fshatra turqishtfolës, që janë: Pralanik, Breshtan, Novak, Elefc, Koxhaxhik dhe Dollgash."
  5. Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  6. 1 2 Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 189.


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