Novaci ( mk, ) is a village in
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 ...
. It is the seat of the
Novaci Municipality
Novaci ( mk, ) is a municipality in the southern part of North Macedonia. '' Novaci'' is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Novaci Municipality is a part of the Pelagonia Statistical Region. Located in the municipali ...
.
Economy
The inhabitants are mainly farmers and livestock breeders, and some of them are employed in the local plants: REK Bitola, ZK Pelagonija and Macedonian Woods.
Demographics
According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, the village had 60 houses, 4 bachelors and 4 widows. The village predominantly displayed Slavic anthroponymy, with a small minority of instances of heads of families having traditional Albanian names, usually alongside a Slavic one.
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1283 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. 145.[http://makedonija.name/municipalities/bitola/novaci]
* Macedonians 1281
*Others 2
Sports
Local football club FK Novaci
FK Novaci ( mk, ФК Новаци) is a football club based in the village Novaci near Bitola, North Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian Second League.
History
The club was founded in 1956.
For many years the club was comp ...
plays in the Macedonian Third League (Southwest Division).
References
Villages in Novaci Municipality
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