Gorno Orizari

Gorno Orizari (Macedonian: Горно Оризари) is a settlement within the Bitola Municipality of the Republic of 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).

History

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]

Today

The village grew throughout the 20th century and at the 2002 census, the population had reach 2,454 though now there in an absolute Macedonian majority with no inhabitants any longer identifying as Bulgarian. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Кънчов, Васил. "Македония. Етнография и статистика". София, 1900, стр. 239 / Kanchov, Vasil. "Macedonia. Ethnography and statistics". Sofia, 1900, p. 239
  2. ↑ http://makedonija.name/municipalities/bitola/gorno-orizari

Coordinates: 41°03′04″N 21°20′49″E / 41.05111°N 21.34694°E / 41.05111; 21.34694

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