Bezovo

Bezovo (Bizova) is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the vilayet of Dulgobrda. The settlement had a total of 8 households with the anthroponymy attested being of a mixed Albanian-Slavic character with a slight predominance of Slavic names.^[2] Bezovo (Pezovo) is again recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1583 as a village in the vilayet of Dulgobrda. The settlement had a total of 24 households with the anthroponymy attested being mostly Slavic in character, with Albanian anthroponyms forming a minority as well as displaying instances of Slavicisation (e.g., Borko son of Gjergj Marko). The village had 1 Muslim household.^[3]

According to the 1943 Albanian census, Bezovo was inhabited by 172 Orthodox Macedonians.^[4]

The current population is 54 (2002):

• Macedonians 53
• Others 1