Balanci
Баланци Ballancë | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 41°29′N 20°33′E / 41.483°N 20.550°E | |
Country | North Macedonia |
Region | Southwestern |
Municipality | Centar Župa |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 165 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Car plates | DB |
Website | . |
Balanci (Macedonian: Баланци, Albanian: Ballancë) is a village in the municipality of Centar Župa, North Macedonia. The nearby village of Vlasiḱi was once a neighbourhood of Balanci.[1] Other neighbouring villages of Bajramovci, Crno Boci and Odžovci were also once neighbourhoods of Balanci until the mid 1960s when they were elevated to the status of separate villages.[2][3][1] It is the only village in the municipality with an Albanian majority.
The toponym Balanci is a patronymic formation derived from the name Balan and the suffix (ov)ci.[2]
As of the 2021 census, Balanci had 165 residents with the following ethnic composition:[4]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 432 inhabitants.[5] Ethnic groups in the village include:[5]
Some Macedonian Muslims live in the village alongside the Albanian population of Balanci.[6]
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Balanci was inhabited by 352 Muslim Albanians.[7]