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Resen Municipality
Resen ( mk, Ресен ) is a municipality in southwestern Republic of 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. Geography The municipality borders Ohrid Municipality to the west, Demir Hisar Municipality to the northeast, Bitola Municipality to the east, and Greece and Albania to the south. Demographics According to the last national census from 2021, Resen Municipality has 14,373 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the municipality include: Mother tongues in the municipality include: * Macedonian = 12,943 (76.9%) * Albanian = 1,885 (11.2%) * Turkish = 1,766 (10.5%) * Roma = 113 (0.7%) * others. Religions in the municipality include: * Orthodox = 12,599 (74.9%) * Muslim = 3,927 (23.3%) * others. Orthodox Macedonians inhabit all settlements in the municipality of Resen, except Kozjak and Gorna Bela Crkva. During the late Ottoman period, Macedonian Muslims used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Resen, North Macedonia
Resen ( mk, Ресен ) is a town in southwestern North Macedonia, with just under 9,000 inhabitants. Resen is approximately equidistant between Bitola and Ohrid. The town rises above sea level and is situated near Lake Prespa. Resen is also the only town in the Prespa Lake area and is the seat of Resen Municipality. Name The name of the city in Macedonian is ''Resen'' (Ресен) and in Turkish ''Resne'', while in Albanian it is known as ''Resnjë'' (definite form: ''Resnja''). In Aromanian, it is ''Areshanj'' and in Greek ''Resinion'', Ρησίνιον. History The ancient Illyrian city of Damastion (in greek Δαμάστιον) may be near Resen. Resen's history dates back to Roman times when the famous road ''Via Egnatia'' was built, passing through the city. During the Middle Ages, the Prespa area was part of the Bulgarian empire under Samuil. After the Battle of Klyuch, some of Samuil's soldiers, who were each blinded in one eye, settled in a village on the shore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Resen Municipality
Resen ( mk, Ресен ) is a municipality in southwestern Republic of 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. Geography The municipality borders Ohrid Municipality to the west, Demir Hisar Municipality to the northeast, Bitola Municipality to the east, and Greece and Albania to the south. Demographics According to the last national census from 2021, Resen Municipality has 14,373 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the municipality include: Mother tongues in the municipality include: * Macedonian = 12,943 (76.9%) * Albanian = 1,885 (11.2%) * Turkish = 1,766 (10.5%) * Roma = 113 (0.7%) * others. Religions in the municipality include: * Orthodox = 12,599 (74.9%) * Muslim = 3,927 (23.3%) * others. Orthodox Macedonians inhabit all settlements in the municipality of Resen, except Kozjak and Gorna Bela Crkva. During the late Ottoman period, Macedonian Muslims used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Resen (town)
Resen ( mk, Ресен ) is a town in southwestern North Macedonia, with just under 9,000 inhabitants. Resen is approximately equidistant between Bitola and Ohrid. The town rises above sea level and is situated near Lake Prespa. Resen is also the only town in the Prespa Lake area and is the seat of Resen Municipality. Name The name of the city in Macedonian is ''Resen'' (Ресен) and in Turkish ''Resne'', while in Albanian it is known as ''Resnjë'' (definite form: ''Resnja''). In Aromanian, it is ''Areshanj'' and in Greek ''Resinion'', Ρησίνιον. History The ancient Illyrian city of Damastion (in greek Δαμάστιον) may be near Resen. Resen's history dates back to Roman times when the famous road ''Via Egnatia'' was built, passing through the city. During the Middle Ages, the Prespa area was part of the Bulgarian empire under Samuil. After the Battle of Klyuch, some of Samuil's soldiers, who were each blinded in one eye, settled in a village on the shore of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 206 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 UN member states, 2 UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 11 other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (16 states, of which there are 6 UN member states, 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and 9 de facto states), and states having a special political status (2 states, both in free association with New Zealand). Compiling a list such as this can be a complicated and controversial process, as there is no definition that is binding on all the members of the community of nations concerni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macedonian Muslims
The Macedonian Muslims ( mk, Македонци-муслимани, Makedonci-muslimani), also known as Muslim Macedonians or ''Torbeši'' ( mk, Торбеши), and in some sources grouped together with Pomaks, are a minority religious group within the community of ethnic Macedonians who are Sunni Muslims (with Sufi influences being widespread among the population). They have been culturally distinct from the majority Orthodox Christian Macedonian community for centuries, and are ethnically and linguistically distinct from the larger Muslim ethnic groups in the greater region of Macedonia: the Albanians, Turks and Romanis. However, some Torbeši also still maintain a strong affiliation with Turkish identity and with Macedonian Turks. The regions inhabited by these Macedonian-speaking Muslims are Debarska Župa, Poreče (Suva Gora), Dolni Drimkol (particularly enclosing the villages of Oktisi and Labuništa), Reka, and Golo Brdo (in Albania). Origins The Macedonian Muslims ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podmočani
Podmočani ( mk, Подмочани) is a village in the Resen Municipality of the Republic of North Macedonia, north of Lake Prespa. The village is roughly from the municipal centre of Resen. Demographics Podmočani is inhabited by an Orthodox Macedonian majority and during the course of the 20th century by a small Sunni Muslim Albanian minority. During the late Ottoman period, Macedonian Muslims also used to reside in Podmočani. "Горна Преспа... Албанци во истите села каде што денес, освен во Подмочани. Во Подмочани и Сливница (сега само Македонци) имало Македонци - муслимани." Podmočani has 306 residents as of the most recent national census of 2002. The population had increased to 875 in 1981, but has declined in every census since. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slivnica (Resen Municipality)
Slivnica ( mk, Сливница) is a village on the eastern shore of Lake Prespa in the Resen Municipality of the Republic of North Macedonia. It is located under south of the municipal centre of Resen. Demographics Slivnica is inhabited by Orthodox Macedonians. During the late Ottoman period, Macedonian Muslims The Macedonian Muslims ( mk, Македонци-муслимани, Makedonci-muslimani), also known as Muslim Macedonians or ''Torbeši'' ( mk, Торбеши), and in some sources grouped together with Pomaks, are a minority religious group w ... also used to reside in Slivnica. "Горна Преспа... Во Подмочани и Сливница (сега само Македонци) имало Македонци - муслимани." Slivnica has a population of 188 people. It is one of only four villages in Resen Municipality that saw a population increase from the 1994 census to the most recent one in 2002. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolno
Bolno ( mk, Болно) is a village in the Resen Municipality of North Macedonia, near the mountain of Galičica. Located under east of the municipal centre of Resen, the village has 237 residents. It is also home to a football club, FK Ilinden. History Bolno is located near the Iron Age site of Selishte, which excavations of the 2010s characterized as an Illyrian fort in the Prespa-Ohrid lakeland region. In the early 20th century, the village had population of 640 Bulgarian Exarchists. There was also Bulgarian school in Bolno (Bouno). During the Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising of 1903, Bolno was looted and its 96 houses were burnt down. Demographics Bolno has historically been inhabited by Orthodox Bulgarians. According to the censuses after 1948 the local population is consisted of ethnic Macedonians. People from Bolno *Dimitar Bogoevski (1918 - 1942), communist revolutionary and poet * Evtim Bogoev (? - 1908), revolutionary, IMARO The Internal Macedonian R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jankovec
Jankovec ( mk, Јанковец) is a village located in Resen Municipality in the Republic of North Macedonia. The people of Jankovec are mostly farmers and own their own farms or plantations. Apple, corn, wheat and tobacco are generally grown in the region. With a population of 1,169, Jankovec is the second-largest settlement in the municipality after Resen. Churches There are 5 churches in Jankovec, two of which are situated within Jankovec Monastery. *St. Athanasius Church, the oldest church *St. Ignatius of Antioch Church, relatively new church, second monastery church *St. John Church, located in the village and was consecrated in 1866 *St. Nicholas Church, located about 1 km east of the village *Church of Dormition of the Theotokos, the main monastery church consecrated in the 18th century Demographics Aside from the municipal centre of Resen, Jankovec is the only settlement in Resen Municipality to currently have over 1,000 residents. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aromanians
The Aromanians ( rup, Armãnji, Rrãmãnji) are an Ethnic groups in Europe, ethnic group native to the southern Balkans who speak Aromanian language, Aromanian, an Eastern Romance language. They traditionally live in central and southern Albania, south-western Bulgaria, northern and central Greece and North Macedonia, and can currently be found in central and southern Albania, south-western Bulgaria, south-western North Macedonia, northern and central Greece, southern Serbia and south-eastern Romania (Northern Dobruja). An Aromanian diaspora living outside these places also exists. The Aromanians are known by several other names, such as "Vlachs" or "Macedo-Romanians" (sometimes used to also refer to the Megleno-Romanians). The term "Vlachs" is used in Greece and in other countries to refer to the Aromanians, with this term having been more widespread in the past to refer to all Romance-speaking peoples of the Balkan Peninsula and Carpathian Mountains region (Southeast Europe) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kozjak (Resen Municipality)
Kozjak ( mk, Козјак; tr, Kozyak; sq, Kojzak''u)'' is a village in the Resen Municipality of the Republic of North Macedonia. It has 117 residents. Demographics Kozjak is inhabited by a Turkish majority and a small number of Albanians The Albanians (; sq, Shqiptarët ) are an ethnic group and nation native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, culture, history and language. They primarily live in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Se .... It is one of two villages with a Turkish majority, the other being Lavci.Censuses of population 1948–2002 Gallery [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
