Brest () is a
village
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located in the region of
Porece in the
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
of
Makedonski Brod
Makedonski Brod ( ; meaning "Macedonian Boat") is a small town in the central part of North Macedonia, on the south-eastern part of Suva Gora, western Karadžica and south-western Dautica mountains. The town is the seat of Makedonski Brod Munic ...
,
North Macedonia
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. It used to be part of the former municipality of
Samokov
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.
Demographics
The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of
Kırçova. The village had a total of 13 houses, excluding bachelors (''mucerred'').
[Qerim Dalipi. "NAHIJA E KËRÇOVËS SIPAS REGJISTRIMIT TË VITEVE 1467-1468 (Aspekte shoqërore)". Gjurmime Albanologjike - Seria e shkencave historike 47:29-48.]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 189 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. 168.
* Macedonians 186
*Serbs
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3
References
Villages in Makedonski Brod Municipality
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