Kozjak, Resen

Kozjak (Macedonian: Козјак; Turkish: Kozyak; Albanian: Kojzaku) is a village in the Resen Municipality of the Republic of North Macedonia. It has 117 residents.[1]

Kozjak Козјак Kozyak
Village
Kozjak
Kozjak Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°03′30″N 21°02′32″E
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Pelagonia
Municipality	Resen
Population  (2002)
• Total	117
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)	+389
Car plates	RE

Demographics

Kozjak is inhabited by a Turkish majority and a small number of Sunni Albanians.[2] It is one of only two villages, along with Gorna Bela Crkva, in Resen Municipality with no ethnic Macedonian inhabitants[3] and also one of two with a Turkish majority, the other being Lavci.[4]

Ethnic group	census 1961		census 1971		census 1981		census 1991		census 1994		census 2002
	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
Albanians	2	0.7	10	2.8	7	1.8	8	2.9	8	6.7	11	9.4
Turks	297	99.3	342	96.9	337	85.1	159	57.8	111	92.5	106	90.6
others	0	0.0	1	0.3	47	11.9	107	38.9	0	0.0	0	0.0
Total	299		353		396		275		120		117

Gallery

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  Sign hailing entrance on road into Kozjak
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  Architecture of Kozjak
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  Centuries old plane tree (now dead) in village centre
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  Architecture of Kozjak
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  Architecture of Kozjak
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  Mosque of Kozjak
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  Inside of Kozjak mosque
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  Muslim cemetery of Kozjak
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  Water fountain of Kozjak
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  Kozjak river
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  Fields of Kozjak
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  Makazi, a road intersection connecting Resen with Bitola located within Kozjak village boundaries

References

1. Municipality of Resen
2. Sugarman, Jane (1997). Engendering song: Singing and subjectivity at Prespa Albanian weddings. University of Chicago Press. pp. 9–11. ISBN 9780226779720.
3. Włodzimierz, Pianka (1970). Toponomastikata na Ohridsko-Prespanskiot bazen. Institut za makedonski jazik "Krste Misirkov". p. 124. "Но само со исклучок на Козјак и Г. Бела Црква, во сите селата живеат Македонци кои сочинуваат мнозинство."
4. Censuses of population 1948 - 2002 Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine