Čelopek (, ) is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the

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of Brvenica,

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History

medieval history

Čelopek is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 121 Christian households, 17 bachelors and 9 widows.

20th century history

In statistics gathered by

Vasil Kanchov Vasil Kanchov (26 July 1862 – 6 February 1902) was a geographer, ethnographer and teacher who served as Minister of Education of Bulgaria. Early life and education Vasil Kanchov was born in Vratsa. Upon graduating from High school i ...

in 1900, the village of Čelopek was inhabited by 1000 Muslim Albanians and 520 Orthodox Bulgarians. According to the 1942

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census, Čelopek was inhabited by 1858 Muslim Albanians, 100

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and 710

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Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Čelopek had 4,459 residents with the following ethnic composition:Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
/ref> *Albanians 3,898 *Macedonians 395 *Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 157 *Others 9 According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 5,287 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village included:Macedonian Census (2002)
''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion''
The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 75. *

Albanians The Albanians are an ethnic group native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, Albanian culture, culture, Albanian history, history and Albanian language, language. They are the main ethnic group of Albania and Kosovo, ...

– 4,803 * Macedonians – 463 * Turks – 2 *

– 1 *Others – 18

References

Notable people

Ljube Boškoski Ljube Boškoski (, ; born 24 October 1960) is a Macedonian politician and former Ministry of Internal Affairs (North Macedonia), Minister of Internal Affairs of Macedonia (now North Macedonia). He created and led a controversial elite Special fo ...

- former Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia

External links

Villages in Brvenica Municipality Albanian communities in North Macedonia {{Brvenica-geo-stub