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14-473: The municipality borders Ohrid Municipality to the west, Demir Hisar Municipality to the northeast, Bitola Municipality to the east, and Greece and Albania to the south. According to the 2021 North Macedonia census, Resen Municipality has 14,373 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the municipality include: Religious affiliation according to the 2002 Macedonia census and 2021 North Macedonia census: Orthodox Macedonians inhabit all populated settlements in

28-416: A linguistic one having closer economic and social relations with local Turks and Torbeš and being distant from Orthodox Macedonians. Differences between both Bektashi and Sunni Prespa Albanian communities over time have disappeared through intermarriage and closer communal and cultural relations. The local Prespa dialect of Tosk Albanian being on the periphery of Albanian speech has been strongly influenced by

42-556: Is a municipality in the southwestern part of North Macedonia . Ohrid is also the name of the city where the municipal seat is found. Ohrid Municipality is in the Southwestern Statistical Region . Ohrid Municipality borders According to the 2021 North Macedonia census, the present-day combined municipality has 51,428 residents. The municipality has 29 inhabited places, one town and 28 villages. The coat of arms of Ohrid ( Macedonian : Грб на Охрид)

56-540: Is the coat of arms of the Ohrid Municipality, it depicts Lake Ohrid , Tsar Samuel's Fortress , and a sailboat, the sailboat symbolizing tourism. The coat of arms is designed using the Macedonian territorial heraldic system featuring a mural crown of its status and a wreath of Macedonian oak . The blazon is Azure , on a mount Vert a wall gated between two towers all Argent . In base a barry wavy of

70-661: Is the southern group of dialects of the Albanian language , spoken by the ethnographic group known as Tosks . The line of demarcation between Tosk and Gheg (the northern variety) is the Shkumbin River . Tosk is the basis of the standard Albanian language. Major Tosk-speaking groups include the Myzeqars of Myzeqe , Labs of Labëria , Chams of Çamëria , Arvanites of Greece and the Arbëreshë of Italy , as well as

84-403: The Macedonian language resulting in the loss of vowel length and the phoneme h , while the alveolar trill ( Albanian : rr , / r /) has merged into the alveolar tap ( Albanian : r / ɾ /). 41°05′20″N 21°00′44″E  /  41.0889°N 21.0122°E  / 41.0889; 21.0122 Ohrid Municipality The Municipality of Ohrid ( Macedonian : Општина Охрид )

98-615: The 19th century. Orthodox Aromanians live, in small numbers, in Resen and in the village of Jankovec . Most of the Muslim population living in Resen, in addition to those living in Drmeni , Carev Dvor , Lavci , Kozjak and some families in Grnčari and Gorna Bela Crkva speaks Turkish. In the late Ottoman period, a few Turks used to also reside in the village of Nakolec . The Turkish population in

112-634: The Ottoman period the now former village of Bukovo ( Albanian : Bukovë ), a Macedonian settlement that later became populated only with Torbeš and Albanians became depopulated after they left the village during the Balkan Wars (1912-1913). Of settlements with Prespa Muslim Albanians most are Sunni , except in Gorna Bela Crkva. A small number of Bektashi Albanians, known locally as Kolonjarë (people of Kolonjë) who trace their arrival from

126-513: The Prespa region is believed by scholars to either be descended from Turks settled in strategic areas or the descendants of local Turkified Slavs during Ottoman rule. The presence of Muslim Albanians in the Lake Prespa region dates to the Ottoman period consisting of southern Albanians ( Tosks ) who arrived from various areas of southern Albania, while some families consider their presence in

140-626: The Prespa region to be indigenous. The speech and folklore of Prespa Albanians ( Presparë ) is similar to that of the Devoll and Korçë regions in Albania. Albanian-speaking Muslims are located in small numbers in Kozjak, Sopotsko , and Gorna Bela Crkva while forming a significant part of the village population in Dolna Bela Crkva , Grnčari, Krani , Arvati , Asamati and Nakolec. During

154-416: The first. Other elements include the shield is crowned with a Mural crown of three towers Or , central tower gated, adorned with rubies and pearls, wreathed with two oak branches Vert fructed Or joined with ribbon Gules . 41°08′26″N 20°48′09″E  /  41.14056°N 20.80250°E  / 41.14056; 20.80250 Tosk Albanian Tosk ( Albanian definite form : toskërishtja )

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168-571: The latter decades of the 20th century have migrated to Ohrid and Resen. Traditionally a class and religious divide existed between the Bektashi Kolonjarë who formed the local former ruling Ottoman elite or bejlerë and now contemporary Prespa Albanian intelligentsia and Sunni Albanians villagers, referred to by Kolonjarë as arbutë (peons, commoners) or të vêndë (locals). Sunni Albanians from Sopotsko, Grnčari and Dolna Bela Crkva traditionally highlighted their religious identity over

182-590: The municipality of Resen. During the late Ottoman period, Torbeš used to reside in Podmočani and Slivnica , although the villages are now wholly populated by Orthodox Macedonians. In Resen proper, a sizable amount of the Orthodox Macedonian population originates from the villages of Podmočani, Bolno , Malovišta and other villages from the Lake Ohrid area who settled in Resen during the middle of

196-723: The region of Kolonjë , southern Albania between the late 18th and early 19th century lived in Ljubojno , Nakolec and Krani. After the fall of the Ottoman empire and some population movements Kolonjarë inhabit Gorna Bela Crkva, Dolna Bela Crkva and Asamati. The Albanian population in Resen settled there during the first decades of the 19th century originating from the Yanya vilayet . In contemporary times Muslim Albanians live in small numbers within Resen. A small number of Albanian speaking Muslim Romani used to live in Krani and Nakolec which during

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