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Balin Dol

Coordinates: 41°48′N 20°56′E / 41.800°N 20.933°E / 41.800; 20.933
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Balin Dol
Балин Дол
Balindoll
Village
Airview of the village Balin Dol
Airview of the village Balin Dol
Balin Dol is located in North Macedonia
Balin Dol
Balin Dol
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°48′N 20°56′E / 41.800°N 20.933°E / 41.800; 20.933
Country North Macedonia
Region Polog
Municipality Gostivar
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
2,059
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesGV
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Balin Dol (Macedonian: Балин Дол, Albanian: Balindoll) is a village in the municipality of Gostivar, North Macedonia.

Demographics

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Balin Dol is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 26 Christian households and 2 bachelors.[1]

As of the 2021 census, Balin Dol had 2,059 residents with the following ethnic composition:[2]

  • Albanians 1,651
  • Macedonians 319
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 72
  • Turks 13
  • Others 4

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 2501 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Balin Dol was inhabited by 641 Muslim Albanians and 237 Serbs.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Турски документи за историјата на македонскиот народ кн.4, Методија Соколоски, д-р Александар Стојановски, Скопје 1971
  2. ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  3. ^ 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. 87.
  4. ^ "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".
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