Sopotsko (, ), is a village in the Resen Municipality of the Republic of North Macedonia. Sopotsko is roughly from the municipal centre of Resen.
Demographics The village of Sopotsko is inhabited by an Orthodox Macedonian majority and a Sunni Muslim Albanian minority. Sunni Albanians in Sopotsko traditionally highlighted their religious identity over a linguistic one having closer economic and social relations with Turks and Torbeš in the region and being distant from Orthodox Macedonians. Over time these differences have disappeared through intermarriage, closer communal and cultural relations with Bektashi and other Sunni Prespa Albanian communities in the region.
As of the 2021 census, Sopotsko had 152 residents.Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
Ethnicgroup census 1961 census 1971 census 1981 census 1991 census 1994 census 2002 census 2021 Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Macedonians 541 84.1 444 83.3 419 73.5 285 85.3 215 87.4 184 82.9 111 73.0 Albanians 56 8.7 86 16.1 125 21.9 45 13.5 30 12.2 36 16.2 31 20.4 Turks 44 6.8 0 0.0 5 0.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Serbs 2 0.3 1 0.2 2 0.4 1 0.3 1 0.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 others 0 0.0 2 0.4 19 3.3 3 0.9 0 0.0 2 0.9 0 0.0 Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 10 6.6 Total 643 533 570 334 260 222 152
People from Sopotsko Naum Pecalev - Bekrijata (1874 - ?), rebelНиколов, Борис. ВМОРО - псевдоними и шифри 1893-1934, Звезди, 1999, стр.15 Reis Shaqiri (1922 - 2006), partisanМакедонска енциклопедија, МАНУ, Skopje, 2009, стр.1644 Resul Shaqiri (1931 -), communist politician
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