Gorno Orizari, Bitola
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Горно Оризари | |
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Village | |
 Air view of the village | |
  Gorno Orizari Location within North Macedonia | |
| Country | North Macedonia |
| Region |  Pelagonia |
| Municipality |  Bitola |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 2,521 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Gorno Orizari (Macedonian: Горно Оризари) is a settlement within the Bitola Municipality of North Macedonia. Originally a village, it is now a suburb of the wider city. It is located to the north of the city, east of the exit road for Prilep and close to the proposed M5 motorway, a limited-access road that bypasses Bitola linking the city with Ohrid and Resen (west) and Prilep (north).
The village was founded in the 19th century during the time of the Ottoman Empire. In 1900, the population of Gorno Orizari was 236, every one Orthodox Christian, and declaring Bulgarian ethnicity.[1]