Pirok

Pirok
Village
Pirok
Pirok
Pirok
Pirok is located in North Macedonia
Pirok
Pirok
Location within the Albanian part of North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°55′N 20°55′E / 41.917°N 20.917°E / 41.917; 20.917
Country North Macedonia
Region Polog
Municipality Bogovinje
Population
 (2021)
 • Total3,963
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
1214
Area code+389 (0)44
Car platesTE
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Pirok (Albanian: Pirok) is a village in the municipality of Bogovinje, North Macedonia. It is located 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) west of Tetovo.

Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Pirok had 3,963 residents with the following ethnic composition:[1]

  • Albanians 3,695
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 268

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 4,701 inhabitants.[2] Ethnic groups in the village include:[2]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Pirok was inhabited by 2008 Muslim Albanians.[3]

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Pirok was inhabited by 660 Muslim Albanians.[4]

References

  1. ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  2. ^ 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. 72.
  3. ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm
  4. ^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 212.

External links


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