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Forino, Gostivar

Coordinates: 41°49′N 20°58′E / 41.817°N 20.967°E / 41.817; 20.967
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Forino
Форино
Forinë
Village
Airview of the village
Airview of the village
Forino is located in North Macedonia
Forino
Forino
Location within Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°49′N 20°58′E / 41.817°N 20.967°E / 41.817; 20.967
Country North Macedonia
Region Polog
Municipality Gostivar
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
2,809
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
1237
Area code042
Car platesGV
Website.

Forino (Macedonian: Форино; Albanian: Forinë) is a village in the municipality of Gostivar, North Macedonia. Forino's distance is 5.15 km / 3.2 mi away from the center of the municipality.

Demographics

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Forino is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 38 Christian households 2 bachelors and 4 widows.[1]

As of the 2021 census, Forino had 2,809 residents with the following ethnic composition:[2]

  • Albanians 2,710
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 94
  • Others 5

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 4,652 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Forino was inhabited by 1403 Muslim Albanians.[4]

Sports

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Local football club KF Vardari plays in the Macedonian Second League (West Division).

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ Турски документи за историјата на македонскиот народ кн.4, Методија Соколоски, д-р Александар Стојановски, Скопје 1971
  2. ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  3. ^ a b Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 191.
  4. ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm [bare URL]
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