Gorno Orizari (
Macedonian
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* Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...
: Горно Оризари) is a settlement within the
Bitola Municipality of
North Macedonia. Originally a village, it is now a suburb of the wider city. It is located to the north of the city, east of the exit road for
Prilep and close to the
proposed M5 motorway, a
limited-access road
A limited-access road, known by various terms worldwide, including limited-access highway, dual-carriageway, expressway, limited access freeway, and partial controlled access highway, is a highway or arterial road for high-speed traffic which ...
that bypasses Bitola linking the city with
Ohrid and
Resen (west) and Prilep (north).
History
The village was founded in the 19th century during the time of the
Ottoman Empire. In 1900, the population of Gorno Orizari was 236, every one Orthodox Christian, and declaring
Bulgarian
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* Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria
* Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group
* Bulgarian language, a Slavic language
* Bulgarian alphabet
* A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria
* Bul ...
ethnicity.
Demographics
As of the
2021 census, Gorno Orizari had 2,521 residents with the following ethnic composition:
*Macedonians 2,442
*Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 49
*Vlachs 11
*Others 11
*Serbs 8
The village grew throughout the 20th century and at the 2002
census, the population had reach 2,454 though now there in an absolute Macedonian majority.
[ 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. 70.
* Macedonians 2,431
* Serbs 3
*Romani
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Ethnicities
* Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia
** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule
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13
* Aromanians 1
*Others 6
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References
Villages in Bitola Municipality
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