Village in Pelagonia, North Macedonia
Kozjak (Macedonian : Козјак ; Turkish : Kozyak ; Albanian : Kojzak u) is a village in the Resen Municipality of the Republic of North Macedonia . It has 117 residents.[ 1]
Demographics
Kozjak is inhabited by a Turkish majority and a small number of Albanians .[ 2] It is one of two villages with a Turkish majority, the other being Lavci .[ 3]
Ethnic group
census 1961
census 1971
census 1981
census 1991
census 1994
census 2002
census 2021
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Macedonians
0
0.0
0
0.0
5
1.3
1
0.4
1
0.8
0
0.0
1
1.2
Albanians
2
0.7
10
2.8
7
1.8
8
2.9
8
6.7
11
9.4
8
9.4
Turks
297
99.3
342
96.9
337
85.1
159
57.8
111
92.5
106
90.6
74
87.1
others
0
0.0
1
0.3
47
11.9
107
38.9
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources
2
2.4
Total
299
353
396
275
120
117
85
Gallery
Sign hailing entrance on road into Kozjak
Architecture of Kozjak
Centuries-old plane tree (now dead) in village centre
Architecture of Kozjak
Architecture of Kozjak
Mosque of Kozjak
Inside of Kozjak mosque
Muslim cemetery of Kozjak
Water fountain of Kozjak
Kozjak river
Fields of Kozjak
Makazi , a road intersection connecting Resen with Bitola located within Kozjak village boundaries
References
Town / Municipal Centre Villages Depopulated places
41°03′N 21°02′E / 41.050°N 21.033°E / 41.050; 21.033