Slivnica () is a village on the eastern shore of

Lake Prespa The Lake Prespa is located on the tripoint of North Macedonia, Albania and Greece. It is a system of two lakes separated by an isthmus: the Great Prespa Lake, divided between the three countries, and the Little Prespa Lake, mostly within Greec ...

in the

Resen Municipality Resen ( ) is a municipality in southwestern Republic of North Macedonia. ''Resen, North Macedonia, Resen'' is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Resen Municipality is located in the Pelagonia Statistical Region. Geograp ...

of the

Republic of North Macedonia North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the n ...

. It is located under south of the municipal centre of Resen.

Demographics

Slivnica is inhabited by Orthodox Macedonians. During the late Ottoman period, Torbeš also used to reside in Slivnica. "Горна Преспа... Во Подмочани и Сливница (сега само Македонци) имало Македонци - муслимани." The statistics of Bulgarian ethnographer

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 ...

from 1900 also verifies this. In his statistics Slivnica had 126 inhabitants with 120 being

Bulgarian Exarchists Bulgarian millet () was an ethno-religious and linguistic community within the Ottoman Empire from the mid-19th to early 20th century. The semi-official term, was used by the Sultan for the first time in 1847, and was his tacit consent to a ...

and 6 being

Bulgarian Muslims The Muslim Bulgarians (, ''Bǎlgari-mohamedani'', as of recently also Българи-мюсюлмани, ''Bǎlgari-mjusjulmani'', locally called '' Pomak'', ''ahryan'', ''poganets'', ''marvak'', or '' poturnak'') are Bulgarians who follow the f ...

. Slivnica has a population of 188 people.Municipality of Resen
/ref> It is one of only four villages in Resen Municipality that saw a population increase from the 1994 census to the most recent one in 2002.Censuses of population 1948 - 2002

References

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