Forino ( mk, Форино; sq, Forinë) is a
village in the
municipality of
Gostivar
Gostivar ( mk, Гостивар , Albanian and Turkish: ''Gostivar''), is a city in North Macedonia, located in the upper Polog valley region. It is one of the largest municipalities in the country with a population of 81,042, and the town also ...
,
North Macedonia. Forino's distance is 5.15 km / 3.2 mi away from the center of the municipality.
Demographics
As of the
2021 census, Forino had 2,809 residents with the following ethnic composition:
*Albanians 2,710
*Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 94
*Others 5
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 4,652 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. 191.
*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 ...
4,624
* Serbs 1
*Bosniaks
The Bosniaks ( bs, Bošnjaci, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, which is today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who share a common Bosnian ancestry ...
1
*Others 26
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, Forino was inhabited by 1403 Muslim Albanians
Islam in Albania mainly arrived during the Ottoman period when the majority of Albanians over time converted to Islam. Following the Albanian National Awakening (Rilindja) tenets and the deemphasizing of religion during the 20th century, t ...
.[http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm]
Sports
Local football club KF Vardari plays in the Macedonian Second League
The Macedonian Second Football League ( mk, Втора македонска Фудбалска Лига, ''Vtora Makedonska Fudbalska Liga''; also called Macedonian Second League, 2. MFL and Vtora Liga) is the second-highest professional football ...
(West Division).
Notable people
*Talat Xhaferi
Talat Xhaferi or Talat Dzhaferi ( mk, Талат Џафери, translit=Talat Džaferi, ; born 15 April 1962) is a Macedonian politician and the current President of the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia since 2017. He was also Ministe ...
, politician
References
External links
Villages in Gostivar Municipality
Albanian communities in North Macedonia
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