Sopotsko (Macedonian: Сопотско, Albanian: Sopockë), is a village in the Resen Municipality of the Republic of North Macedonia. Sopotsko is roughly 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the municipal centre of Resen.[1]

Sopotsko Сопотско Sopockë
Village
Sopotsko
Sopotsko Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°05′06″N 21°03′50″E
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Pelagonia
Municipality	Resen
Population  (2002)
• Total	222
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)	+389
Car plates	RE

Demographics

The village of Sopotsko is inhabited by an Orthodox Macedonian majority and a Sunni Muslim Albanian minority.[2] Sunni Albanians in Sopotsko traditionally highlighted their religious identity over a linguistic one having closer economic and social relations with Turks and Macedonian Muslims in the region and being distant from Orthodox Macedonians.[2] Over time these differences have disappeared through intermarriage, closer communal and cultural relations with Bektashi and other Sunni Prespa Albanian communities in the region.[2]

Sopotsko has 222 residents as of the most recent national census of 2002.[3] A village with a declining population, Sopotsko also has a sizable ethnic Albanian minority.[4]

Gallery

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  Cultural centre ("Dom") of Sopotsko
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  Architecture of Sopotsko
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  Architecture of Sopotsko
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  View from Mt Rogojca of Vigla mountain range (far left)
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  Mosque of Sopotsko
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  Muslim cemetery of Sopotsko
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  Orthodox church of Sopotsko
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  Orthodox cemetery of Sopotsko
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  Ottoman era millstones belonging to the former mill of Shemo Aga
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  Village water fountain from WW1 built by Bulgarian soldiers
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  Yugoslav communist era graffiti in Sopotsko

People from Sopotsko

• Naum Pecalev - Bekrijata (1874 - ?), rebel[5]
• Reis Shaqiri (1922 - 2006), partisan[6]
• Resul Shaqiri (1931 -), communist politician

References