Lavci (Macedonian: Лавци, Turkish: Lahça) is a village in the Resen Municipality of the Republic of North Macedonia, northwest of Lake Prespa. It has 134 residents as of the 2002 census.[1]
Lavci
Лавци Lahça | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Lavci Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°02′43″N 20°57′16″E / 41.04528°N 20.95444°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Pelagonia |
| Municipality |  Resen |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 134 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +389 |
| Car plates | RE |
Demographics
editThe village of Lavci is inhabited by Muslim Turks and Orthodox Macedonians.[2] Lavci is one of two settlements in Resen Municipality with a Turkish majority population, the other being Kozjak.[3]
| Ethnic group |
census 1961 | census 1971 | census 1981 | census 1991 | census 1994 | census 2002 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Macedonians | 121 | 35.7 | 103 | 33.0 | 97 | 27.1 | 28 | 13.9 | 28 | 19.3 | 18 | 13.4 |
| Turks | 217 | 64.0 | 209 | 67.0 | 241 | 67.3 | 164 | 81.6 | 113 | 77.9 | 113 | 84.3 |
| others | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 5.6 | 9 | 4.5 | 4 | 2.8 | 3 | 2.2 |
| Total | 339 | 312 | 358 | 201 | 145 | 134 | ||||||
References
edit- ^ Municipality of Resen
- ^ Sugarman, Jane (1997). Engendering song: Singing and subjectivity at Prespa Albanian weddings. University of Chicago Press. pp. 9–11. ISBN 9780226779720.
- ^ Censuses of population 1948 - 2002 Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
41°02′N 20°57′E / 41.033°N 20.950°E