Kozjak ( mk, Козјак; tr, Kozyak; sq, Kojzak''u)'' is a village in the
Resen Municipality
Resen ( mk, Ресен ) is a municipality in southwestern Republic of North Macedonia. '' Resen'' is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Resen Municipality is located in the Pelagonia Statistical Region.
Geography
The m ...
of the
Republic of 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 Yugoslavia. It ...
. It has 117 residents.
Municipality of Resen
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Demographics
Kozjak is inhabited by a Turkish
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*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
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majority and a small number of Albanians
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. It is one of two villages with a Turkish majority, the other being Lavci.[Censuses of population 1948–2002](_blank)
Gallery
File:Fshati Kozjak 1.jpg, Sign hailing entrance on road into Kozjak
File:Fshati Kozjak 3.jpg, Architecture of Kozjak
File:Fshati Kozjak 18.jpg, Centuries-old plane tree (now dead) in village centre
File:Fshati Kozjak 5.jpg, Architecture of Kozjak
File:Викиекспедиција Преспа 82.jpg, Architecture of Kozjak
File:Xhamia e Kozjakut 2.jpg, Mosque of Kozjak
File:Xhamia e Kozjakut 14.jpg, Inside of Kozjak mosque
File:Varrezat myslimane të Kozjakut 1.jpg, Muslim cemetery of Kozjak
File:Fshati Kozjak 9.jpg, Water fountain of Kozjak
File:Fshati Kozjak 14.jpg, Kozjak river
File:Fshati Kozjak 28.jpg, Fields of Kozjak
File:Fshati Kozjak 34.jpg, ''Makazi'', a road intersection connecting Resen with Bitola located within Kozjak village boundaries
References
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Villages in Resen Municipality