Novak, Centar Župa
Village in Southwestern, North Macedonia
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Novak (Macedonian: Новак, Turkish: Novak) is a village in the municipality of Centar Župa, North Macedonia. The village is inhabited mainly by Turks (.[1][2][3][4][5]
Novak | |
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Village | |
| Новак | |
Airview of the village | |
  Novak Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°26′12″N 20°36′58″E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Southwestern |
| Municipality |  Centar Župa |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 751 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | DB |
| Website | . |
Demographics
Novak is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the vilayet of Upper Dibra. The settlement was abandoned.[6]
According to Ottoman tahrir defters from the 1520s, 16 villages (all present-day Centar Župa villages) associated with Kala-i Kodžadžik had no Muslim population. However, the Muslim population increased in subsequent years. This was likely part of the Islamization of Macedonia under Turkish rule.[7]
According to the 1929 ethnographic map by Russian Slavist Afanasy Selishchev, Novak was a mixed Bulgarian-Albanian village.[8]
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Novak was inhabited by 643 Muslim Albanians.[9]
The village is inhabited by a Turkish speaking population consisting of Turks (Torbeši).[1][2][3][4][5]
As of the 2021 census, Novak had 751 residents with the following ethnic composition:[10]
- Turks 703
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 45
- Others 3
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,006 inhabitants.[11] Ethnic groups in the village include:[11]
- Turks 1,003
- Others 3
