Kozjak, Resen

Kozjak (Macedonian: Козјак; Turkish: Kozyak; Albanian: Kozjak) is a village in the Resen Municipality of the Republic of North Macedonia. It has 117 residents.[1]

Kozjak

Козјак
Kozyak
Village
Kozjak
Kozjak
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°03′30″N 21°02′32″E
Country North Macedonia
Region Pelagonia
Municipality Resen
Population
 (2002)
 • Total117
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)+389
Car platesRE

Demographics

Kozjak is inhabited by a Turkish majority and a small number of Sunni Albanians.[2] It is one of only two villages, along with Gorna Bela Crkva, in Resen Municipality with no ethnic Macedonian inhabitants[3] and also one of two with a Turkish majority, the other being Lavci.[4]

Ethnic
group		 census 1961 census 1971 census 1981 census 1991 census 1994 census 2002
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Macedonians 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 1.3 1 0.4 1 0.8 0 0.0
Albanians 2 0.7 10 2.8 7 1.8 8 2.9 8 6.7 11 9.4
Turks 297 99.3 342 96.9 337 85.1 159 57.8 111 92.5 106 90.6
others 0 0.0 1 0.3 47 11.9 107 38.9 0 0.0 0 0.0
Total 299 353 396 275 120 117
  • Sign hailing entrance on road into Kozjak
  • Architecture of Kozjak
  • Centuries old plane tree (now dead) in village centre
  • Architecture of Kozjak
  • Architecture of Kozjak
  • Mosque of Kozjak
  • Inside of Kozjak mosque
  • Muslim cemetery of Kozjak
  • Water fountain of Kozjak
  • Kozjak river
  • Fields of Kozjak
  • Makazi, a road intersection connecting Resen with Bitola located within Kozjak village boundaries
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gollark: Why TJ09 decided to give the biomes weird numerical IDs is a mystery, given that *ENUMS ARE BETTER JUST USE THOSE SERIOUSLY*.
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References
  1. Municipality of Resen
  2. Sugarman, Jane (1997). Engendering song: Singing and subjectivity at Prespa Albanian weddings. University of Chicago Press. pp. 9–11. ISBN 9780226779720.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. Włodzimierz, Pianka (1970). Toponomastikata na Ohridsko-Prespanskiot bazen. Institut za makedonski jazik "Krste Misirkov". p. 124.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) "Но само со исклучок на Козјак и Г. Бела Црква, во сите селата живеат Македонци кои сочинуваат мнозинство."
  4. Censuses of population 1948 - 2002 Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine

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