Pralenik
Pralenik | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Праленик | |
 Airview of the village | |
  Pralenik Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°27′28″N 20°32′34″E / 41.45778°N 20.54278°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Southwestern |
| Municipality |  Centar Župa |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 144 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | DB |
| Website | . |
Pralenik (Macedonian: Праленик, Turkish: Pralenik) is a village in the municipality of Centar Župa, North Macedonia.
Demographics
[edit]Pralenik (Provalleniq) is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the vilayet of Upper Dibra. The settlement was abandoned.[1]
The village is inhabited by a Turkish speaking population consisting of Turks.[2][3]
According to the 1942 Italian protectorate of Albania census, Pralenik was inhabited by 126 Muslim Albanians.[4]
As of the 2021 census, Pralenik had 144 residents with the following ethnic composition:[5]
- Turks 137
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 7
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 177 inhabitants.[6] Ethnic groups in the village include:[6]
- Turks 176
- Others 1
References
[edit]- ^ Gjoni, Z. & Përnezha, H. (2011). Dibra në Defterët Osmanë (1467, 1583), f.108. Tiranë: Botime M&B page 356
- ^ Vidoeski, Božidar (1998). Dijalektite na makedonskiot jazik. Vol. 1. Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite. ISBN 9789989649509. p.214. "Турски етнички елемент живее во Жупа - во селата: Коџаџик, Новаци, Брештани, Елевци, Евла, Долгаш, Ослоница и Праленик, и нешто во градот Дебар." p. 326.
- ^ Bunguri, Adem (2009). "Kalaja e Koxhaxhikut (Dibër) [Koxhaxhik's Castle (Dibër)]". Studime Historike (1–02): 44. "Është kjo arsyeja që pranë kalasë së Koxhaxhikut sot gjenden 6 fshatra turqishtfolës, që janë: Pralanik, Breshtan, Novak, Elefc, Koxhaxhik dhe Dollgash."
- ^ "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".
- ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
- ^ 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.
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