Bezovo is a village in Municipality of Struga, North Macedonia.

Population Bezovo (Bizova) is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the vilayet of Dulgobrda. The settlement had a total of 8 households with the anthroponymy attested being of a mixed Albanian-Slavic character with a slight predominance of Slavic names.Gjoni, Z. & Përnezha, H. (2011). Dibra në Defterët Osmanë (1467, 1583), f.108. Tiranë: Botime M&B page 295 Bezovo (Pezovo) is again recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1583 as a village in the vilayet of Dulgobrda. The settlement had a total of 24 households with the anthroponymy attested being mostly Slavic in character, with Albanian anthroponyms forming a minority as well as displaying instances of Slavicisation (e.g., Borko son of Gjergj Marko). The village had 1 Muslim household.Gjoni, Z. & Përnezha, H. (2011). Dibra në Defterët Osmanë (1467, 1583), f.108. Tiranë: Botime M&B page 295

According to the 1943 Albanian census, Bezovo was inhabited by 182 Orthodox Albanians or Serbs.

The current population is 54 (2002): Macedonians 53 Others 1

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