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Pirok

Coordinates: 41°55′N 20°55′E / 41.917°N 20.917°E / 41.917; 20.917
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Pirok
Village
Pirok
Pirok
Pirok
Pirok is located in North Macedonia
Pirok
Pirok
Location within 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)
 • Total
3,963
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

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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

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  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. ^ "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".
  4. ^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 212.
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