Novak, Centar Župa

Novak
Village
Новак
Airview of the village
Novak
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°26′12″N 20°36′58″E / 41.43667°N 20.61611°E / 41.43667; 20.61611
Country North Macedonia
Region Southwestern
Municipality Centar Župa
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
751
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
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Novak (Macedonian: Новак, Turkish: Novak) is a village in the municipality of Centar Župa, North Macedonia. The village is inhabited mainly by Turks (Torbeši).[1][2][3][4][5]

Demographics

Novak is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the vilayet of Upper Dibra. The settlement was abandoned.[6]

According to the 1929 ethnographic map by Russian Slavist Afanasy Selishchev, Novak was a mixed Bulgarian-Albanian village.[7]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Novak was inhabited by 643 Muslim Albanians.[8]

The village is inhabited by a Turkish speaking population consisting of Turks (Torbeši).[9][10][11][12][13]

As of the 2021 census, Novak had 751 residents with the following ethnic composition:[14]

  • Turks 703
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 45
  • Others 3

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,006 inhabitants.[15] Ethnic groups in the village include:[15]

References

  1. ^ Видоески, Божо (1998). Дијалектите на македонскиот јазик (in Macedonian). Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite. ISBN 978-9989-649-50-9. Население со мајчин јазик македонски живее во гр. Дебар (од двете конфесии), во селата: Присовјани, Локов, Збажди, Р'жаново, Буринец, Селци (православни) - во Малесија, Горно Косоврасти, Р'ковци, Кочишта, Мал и Голем Папрадник (муслимани), Долно Косоврасти, Мелничани, Броштица, Житинени, Горенци (од двете конфесии), Елевци, Рајчица, Пареши, Баниште (православни).
  2. ^ Türkiye'deki Balkan Muhacirleri Arasında Kaybolan Bir Topluluk: Torbeşler A Disappearing Community Among the Balkan Immigrants in Türkiye: Torbeši - Ali Dikici. T.C. Türk İşbirliği ve Koordinasyon Ajansı Başkanlığı Turkish International Cooperation and Coordination Agency. 2014.
  3. ^ Zadrożna, Anna (July 2017). "Reconstructing the past in a post-Ottoman village: Turkishness in a transnational context". Nationalities Papers. 45 (4): 524–539. doi:10.1080/00905992.2017.1287690.
  4. ^ Mangalakova, Tanya. "Among the Torbeshi in the Republic of Macedonia".
  5. ^ Manisa'da Yaşayan Torbeşler'in Düğün Adet ve Gelenekleri, (Basılmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi, Ankara: Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü Türk Halkbilimi Anabilim Dalı, 1990)
  6. ^ Gjoni, Z. & Përnezha, H. (2011). Dibra në Defterët Osmanë (1467, 1583), f.108. Tiranë: Botime M&B page 356
  7. ^ Афанасий Селищев. „Полог и его болгарское население. Исторические, этнографические и диалектологические очерки северо-западной Македонии“. – София, 1929, стр. 26.
  8. ^ "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".
  9. ^ Видоески, Божо (1998). Дијалектите на македонскиот јазик (in Macedonian). Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite. ISBN 978-9989-649-50-9. Население со мајчин јазик македонски живее во гр. Дебар (од двете конфесии), во селата: Присовјани, Локов, Збажди, Р'жаново, Буринец, Селци (православни) - во Малесија, Горно Косоврасти, Р'ковци, Кочишта, Мал и Голем Папрадник (муслимани), Долно Косоврасти, Мелничани, Броштица, Житинени, Горенци (од двете конфесии), Елевци, Рајчица, Пареши, Баниште (православни).
  10. ^ Türkiye'deki Balkan Muhacirleri Arasında Kaybolan Bir Topluluk: Torbeşler A Disappearing Community Among the Balkan Immigrants in Türkiye: Torbeši - Ali Dikici. T.C. Türk İşbirliği ve Koordinasyon Ajansı Başkanlığı Turkish International Cooperation and Coordination Agency. 2014.
  11. ^ Zadrożna, Anna (July 2017). "Reconstructing the past in a post-Ottoman village: Turkishness in a transnational context". Nationalities Papers. 45 (4): 524–539. doi:10.1080/00905992.2017.1287690.
  12. ^ Mangalakova, Tanya. "Among the Torbeshi in the Republic of Macedonia".
  13. ^ Manisa'da Yaşayan Torbeşler'in Düğün Adet ve Gelenekleri, (Basılmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi, Ankara: Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü Türk Halkbilimi Anabilim Dalı, 1990)
  14. ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  15. ^ a b Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 189.