Novo Selo (, ) 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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Kičevo Kičevo ( ; , sq-definite, Kërçova) is a city in the western part of North Macedonia, located in a valley in the south-eastern slopes of Mount Bistra, between the cities of Ohrid and Gostivar. The capital Skopje is 112 km away. The city ...

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. It used to be part of the former municipality of

Oslomej Oslomej () is a village in Kičevo Municipality in North Macedonia. It was the seat of the now-defunct Oslomej Municipality. Demographics According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 40 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village includ ...

. The etymology of the village comes from

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meaning new village, Novo Selo.

History

After the capture of the village by

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forces in the autumn of 1944, 16 Albanian men, women and children were massacred by the incoming communist forces.

Demographics

According to the 1942

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census, Novo Selo was inhabited by a total of 260 Muslim Albanians, 58 Serbs, 26 Bulgarians. As of the 2021 census, Novo Selo had 38 residents with the following ethnic composition:Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
/ref> *Albanians 36 *Macedonians 1 *Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 1 According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 143 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. 149. *

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141 * Macedonians 2

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