Plasnica ( mk, , tr, Plasnitsa) is a
village
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and seat of the
municipality
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of
Plasnica
Plasnica ( mk, , tr, Plasnitsa) is a village and seat of the Municipalities of North Macedonia, municipality of Plasnica Municipality, Plasnica, North Macedonia.
Demographics
The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) f ...
,
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 ...
.
Demographics
The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of
Kırçova. The village had a total of 32 houses, excluding bachelors (''mucerred'').
Plasnica has traditionally been inhabited by a Torbeš population.
[ "У његовој близини су торбешка села Преглово, Пласница и Лисичани."][ "Во Бродска околија исламизирани Македонци живееле во селата Дебреште, Лажани, Пласница и Преглово."]
As of the
2021 census, Plasnica had 2,115 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 2,055
*Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 57
*Others 3
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 2,288 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. 291.
*Turks
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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 ...
2250
* Macedonians 2
*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 ...
7
*Others 29
References
Villages in Plasnica Municipality
Torbeši settlements
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