Idrizovo
Idrizovo (Macedonian: Идризово, Albanian: Idrizovë) is a settlement in the outskirts of the city of Skopje within the municipality of Gazi Baba, Republic of North Macedonia.
Demographics
According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 1.824 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
- Macedonians: 826
- Albanians: 747
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources: 162
- Bosniaks: 29
- Turks: 15
- Romani: 11
- Serbs: 9
- Others: 25
Year | Macedonian | Albanian | Turks | Romani | Vlachs | Serbs | Bosniaks | Others | Persons for whom data are taken from admin. sources | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | 686 | 774 | 19 | 2 | ... | 8 | 28 | 72 | n/a | 1.589 |
2021 | 826 | 747 | 15 | 11 | ... | 9 | 29 | 25 | 162 | 1.824 |
Correctional facility
With the establishment of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia following the Second World War, an internment camp was built in the area wherein political prisoners could be detained. Today, the prison remains and serves as one of the largest correctional facilities in the country. Known as Kolonija Idrizovo the correctional facility had a population of 451 (2002 census) and included the following ethnic groups:
- Macedonians: 401
- Albanians: 35
- Turks: 4
- Romani: 2
- Serbs: 8
- Others: 1
References
- ^ Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 62.
External links
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