Plasnica ( mk, , tr, Plasniça) is a municipality in western
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 ...
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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 ...
'' is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Plasnica Municipality is part of the
Southwestern Statistical Region
The Southwestern Statistical Region ( mk, Југозападен Регион; Albanian: Rajoni jugperendimor) is one of eight statistical regions of North Macedonia. Southwestern, located in the west and southwestern part of the country, borders ...
. It is particularly noteworthy in having a mostly
ethnic Turkish population.
Geography
The municipality borders
Makedonski Brod Municipality
Makedonski Brod ( mk, Македонски Брод ) is a municipality in western North Macedonia, named after the town of Makedonski Brod, where the municipal seat is located. Makedonski Brod Municipality is part of the Southwestern Statistical ...
to the northeast,
Kruševo Municipality
Kruševo Municipality ( mk, Крушево ; sq, Krushevë; rup, Crushuva) is a municipality in the central region of North Macedonia. ''Kruševo'' is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. This municipality is part of the ...
to the southeast,
Kičevo Municipality
Kičevo Municipality ( mk, Кичево; sq, Kërçovë) is a municipality in the western part of North Macedonia. The municipal seat is the city of Kičevo. Kičevo Municipality is located in the Southwestern Statistical Region.
Geography
The ...
to the southwest, west and northwest.
Demographics
According to the last national census from 2021, this municipality has 4,222 inhabitants.
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See also
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Turks in North Macedonia
Turks in North Macedonia, also known as Turkish Macedonians and Macedonian Turks, ( mk, Македонски Турци, tr, Makedonya Türkleri) are the ethnic Turks who constitute the third largest ethnic group in the Republic of North Macedoni ...
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Torbeš people
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Turkification
Turkification, Turkization, or Turkicization ( tr, Türkleştirme) describes a shift whereby populations or places received or adopted Turkic attributes such as culture, language, history, or ethnicity. However, often this term is more narrowly ...
References
External links
Official website
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Municipalities of North Macedonia