Balanci ( mk, Баланци, sq, Ballancë) is a
village
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in the
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of
Centar Župa
Centar Župa ( mk, ; tr, Merkez Jupa) is a village and seat in the municipality of Centar Župa, North Macedonia. The town is inhabited mainly by Turks.
Demographics
Centar Župa is a new village formed by families who settled in the area and or ...
,
North Macedonia
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. The nearby village of
Vlasiḱi was once a neighbourhood of Balanci.
Other neighbouring villages of
Bajramovci,
Crno Boci
Crno Boci ( mk, Црно Боци) is a village in the municipality of Centar Župa, North Macedonia. Crno Boci, a former neighbourhood of the village of Balanci was elevated in the 1960s to the status of an independent village. p. 314. "Пора ...
and
Odžovci were also once neighbourhoods of Balanci until the mid 1960s when they were elevated to the status of separate villages.
[ "Од 1961 до 1981 година целосно се раселени 6 села, но во истиот период, одделувајќи се како маала, се формирале три нови населби (Бајрамовци, Оцовци, Црнобоци)."][ p. 37. "Селото е некогашно маало на c. Баланци." p. 314. "Поради штедење на местото се употребуваат следниве скратеници за најчестите појмови: м. - место ... с. -село."; p. 450. "Црно Обоце - 'м., имало с.', Баланци, с. 197... Црнобози - 'маало', Баланци, с."] It is the only village in the municipality with an Albanian majority.
Name
The toponym ''Balanci'' is a
patronymic
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formation derived from the name ''Balan'' and the suffix ''(ov)ci''.
[ "Поновите патронимични образувања се со суфиксите: - ци: Баланци (: Балан) и -овци: Бајрамовци (: Бајрам) и Оџовци (: Оџа: оџа). Овие суфикси (особно -овци) се карактеристични за изведување патронимични имиња за означување на маалата во селата. Бајрамовци и Оџовци се некогашни маала на с. Баланци самостојни села тие станаа во 1965 год."]
Demographics
As of the
2021 census, Balanci had 165 residents with the following ethnic composition:
*Albanians 149
*Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 12
*Turks 4
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 432 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.
*Albanians
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422
* Macedonians 9
*Others 1
Some 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 ...
live in the village alongside the Albanian population of Balanci.[ p. 326. "Население со албански мајчин јазик живее... во областа Жупа во селата Власиќе, Баланци, Житинени, Броштица (во последниве три села заедно со Македонци од муслиманската конфесија)".]
According to the 1942 Albanian
Albanian may refer to:
*Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular:
**Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans
**Albanian language
**Albanian culture
**Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...
census, Balanci was inhabited by 352 Muslim Albanians.[http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm]
References
Villages in Centar Župa Municipality
Albanian communities in North Macedonia
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