Kozjak (Macedonian: Козјак; Turkish: Kozyak; Albanian: Kojzaku) is a village in the Resen Municipality of the Republic of North Macedonia. It has 117 residents.[1]
Kozjak
Козјак Kozyak | |
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![]() Kozjak | |
![]() ![]() Kozjak Location within North Macedonia | |
Coordinates: 41°03′30″N 21°02′32″E | |
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Population (2002) | |
• Total | 117 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Area code | +389 |
Car plates | RE |
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 | ||||||
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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 | ||||||
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