Balin Dol
Village in Polog, North Macedonia
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Balin Dol (Macedonian: Балин Дол, Albanian: Balindoll) is a village in the municipality of Gostivar, North Macedonia.
Balin Dol
Балин Дол Balindoll | |
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Village | |
Airview of the village Balin Dol | |
  Balin Dol Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°48′N 20°56′E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Polog |
| Municipality |  Gostivar |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 2,059 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | GV |
| Website | . |
Demographics
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]
- Albanians 2156
- Macedonians 337
- Serbs 3
- Bosniaks 1
- Others 4
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Balin Dol was inhabited by 641 Muslim Albanians and 237 Serbs.[4]
