Dobri Dol (, 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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Vrapčište Vrapčište (, , ) is a village and seat of the municipality of Vrapčište, North Macedonia. History Vrapčište is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 240 Christian h ...

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. It used to be part of Negotino-Pološko Municipality.

History

Dobri Dol is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 68 Christian households, 3 bachelors and 2 widows. In statistics gathered by

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in 1900, the village of Dobri Dol was inhabited by 940 Muslim Albanians.

Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Dobri Dol had 3,546 residents with the following ethnic composition: *Albanians 3,401 *Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 137 *Others 6 *Macedonians 2 According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 5,223 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. 143. *

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, ...

5,206 * Macedonians 2 *

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1 *Others 14 According to the 1942

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census, Dobri Dol was inhabited by 2030

Muslim Albanians Islam arrived in Albania mainly during the Ottoman period when the majority of Albanians over time converted to Islam under Ottoman rule. Following the Albanian National Awakening (Rilindja) tenets and the de-emphasis of religious traditi ...

Sports

The local football club

KF Besa Dobërdoll KF Besa Dobërdoll is a football club based in the village of Dobri Dol, Gostivar, North Macedonia North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Gree ...

plays in the

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References

External links

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