The
Bosniaks in North Macedonia ( mk, Бошњаци, bs, Bošnjaci / Бошњаци) number 17,018 people according to the 2002 census.
The population is largely concentrated in and around the capital
Skopje
Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and List of cities in North Macedonia by population, largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre.
The territory of Sk ...
, but also in the municipalities of
Veles and
Dolneni
Dolneni () is a village in the municipality of Dolneni, North Macedonia. It is located at the center of the plain of Prilepsko Pole (Prilep field), 10 km northwest of Prilep city and it is a seat of the Dolneni municipality
Dolneni (, sq ...
.
Culture
Religion
Bosniaks started settling in Macedonia after the
Congress of Berlin
The Congress of Berlin (13 June – 13 July 1878) was a diplomatic conference to reorganise the states in the Balkan Peninsula after the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78, which had been won by Russia against the Ottoman Empire. Represented at th ...
in 1878. Bosniaks in the Republic of Macedonia are predominantly adherents to
Sunni Islam.
Historical censuses
The historical censuses in Yugoslavia recorded "Muslims" (''Muslimani''), the so-called
ethnic Muslims
Muslims ( Serbo-Croatian Latin and sl, Muslimani, Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic and mk, Муслимани) is a designation for a Serbo-Croatian speaking Muslims, inhabiting mostly the territory of the former Yugoslav republics. The term, adopted ...
, in the
SR Macedonia at the numbers of: 1,248 (0.1%) in 1971; 39,512 (2.1%) in 1981; 35,256 (1.7%) in 1991.
Notable individuals
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Adis Jahović
Adis Jahović ( mk, Адис Јаховиќ, born 18 March 1987) is a Macedonian footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish club Bodrumspor.
Club career
Jahović began playing football at the age of 7 with FK Makedonija Gjorče Petrov., a ...
, member of the
Macedonian national football team
The North Macedonia national football team ( mk, Фудбалска репрезентација на Северна Македонија, Fudbalska reprezentacija na Severna Makedonija) represents North Macedonia in men's international footba ...
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Ferid Muhić
Ferid Muhić ( mk, Ферид Мухиќ; born 1943 in Zavidovići, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is President of the Bosniak Academy of Sciences and Arts. He is a professor of Philosophy at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Maced ...
, academician
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Cedi Osman, basketball player
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Elvira Rahić
Elvira Rahić (born 1 September 1973) is a Bosnian pop-folk singer. Rahić began her professional music career in 1991 and has since released ten studio albums. She lives in Sarajevo and Vienna.
Career
Rahić will release her eleventh studio alb ...
, singer
See also
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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 ...
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Gorani people
The Gorani (, ) or Goranci (, ), are a Slavic Muslim ethnic group inhabiting the Gora region—the triangle between Kosovo, Albania, and North Macedonia. They number an estimated 60,000 people, and speak a transitional South Slavic dialect, ...
References
{{Ethnic groups in North Macedonia
Ethnic groups in North Macedonia
Islam in North Macedonia