Crno Boci ( mk, Црно Боци) is a
village
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in the
municipality
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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
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...
. Crno Boci, a former neighbourhood of the village of
Balanci was elevated in the 1960s to the status of an independent village.
[ 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."] The population density of the village is 6.4 km2.
[ "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). Мрежата на населбите, без оглед на нејзината населеност, е мошне густа бидејќи просечно на 6.4 км2 доаѓа по едно село."]
Name
The toponym ''Crno Boci'' is derived from the name of a pagan Slavic deity ''
Chernobog
Chernobog ( "Black God") and Belobog ( "White God") are an alleged pair of Polabian deities. Chernobog appears in the Helmold's ''Chronicle'' as a god of misfortune worshipped by the Wagri and Obodrites, while Belobog is not mentioned – he was ...
'' (Black God).
[ "Овој пример е илустрира уште еден пар паганословенски теоними - Перун и Велес (т.е. Волос), чија заемна дуалистичка, т.е. опозициона структура е детално елаборирана. Во Македонија се потврдени и два топонима поврзани со Црнобог. Едниот е селото Црнобуки, Битолско (во постарите извори Црнобоки), а другиот е месноста „Црнобоци" кај селото Бајрамовци, Дебарско."][ "Још више, на граници са Албанијом је село Црнобоци, што је у односу са битољским селом Црнобуки, те се може повезати са именом словенскопаганског Црнобога."]
Demographics
Crno Boci has traditionally been inhabited by a
Turks
Turk or Turks may refer to:
Communities and ethnic groups
* Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic languages
* Turkish people, or the Turks, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
* Turkish citizen, a citizen of the Republic o ...
population.
[ "Во селото Црнобоки живееле само стотина исламизирани Македонци."]
As of the
2021 census, Crno Boci had 30 residents with the following ethnic composition:
Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
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*Turks 30
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 40 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. 189.
*Turks
Turk or Turks may refer to:
Communities and ethnic groups
* Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic languages
* Turkish people, or the Turks, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
* Turkish citizen, a citizen of the Republic o ...
40
References
Villages in Centar Župa Municipality
Torbeši settlements
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