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Bekirlija

Coordinates: 41°40′48″N 21°56′27″E / 41.68000°N 21.94083°E / 41.68000; 21.94083
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Bekirlija
Bekirlija
Village
Ruins of Bekirlija
Ruins of Bekirlija
Bekirlija is located in North Macedonia
Bekirlija
Bekirlija
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°40′48″N 21°56′27″E / 41.68000°N 21.94083°E / 41.68000; 21.94083
Country North Macedonia
Region Vardar
Municipality Lozovo
Population
 (2021)
 • Total1
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
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Bekirlija is a village in North Macedonia in the Lozovo Municipality. It is the setting of the Academy Award-nominated documentary film Honeyland, which depicts it as an abandoned village with no electricity and inhabited by one, and then two families.

Demographics

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The Yugoslav census of 1953 recorded 161 people of whom 148 were Turks, 71 Macedonians and 12 others. The 1961 Yugoslav census recorded 116 people of whom 77 were Albanians, 6 Turks, 2 Bosniaks, 1 Macedonians and 30 others. The 1971 census recorded 70 people of whom 33 were Albanians, 15 Turks, 8 Bosniaks and 14 others. The 1981 Yugoslav census recorded 25 people, all Turks. The Macedonian census of 1994 recorded 15 people, all Turks. The Macedonian census of 2002 recorded 5 people, all Turks.[1]

As of the 2021 census, Bekirloja had 1 resident with the following ethnic composition:[2]

  • Turks 1

References

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  1. ^ Sherafedin Kaso (2005). The settlements with Muslim population in Macedonia. Logos-A. p. 29. ISBN 978-9989-58-155-7.
  2. ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021