Bosniaks in North Macedonia

North America South America Oceania The Bosniaks in North Macedonia (Macedonian: Бошњаци, Bosnian: Bošnjaci / Бошњаци) number 17,018 people according to the 2002 census.

[1] The population is largely concentrated in and around the capital Skopje, but also in the municipalities of Veles and Dolneni.

Bosniaks started settling in North Macedonia after the Congress of Berlin in 1878.

Bosniaks in the Republic of North Macedonia are predominantly adherents to Sunni Islam.

Some of these individuals from more northern portions of Yugoslavia did not migrate and instead settled in North Macedonia, including 5,276 Bosniaks from Sandžak.

Report of the engagement of the Turkish authorities in Skopje over the settlers from Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Muhadžhir-Ottoman Club and a temporary school were created. The report recommends the Serbian government to try to acquire the settlers to the Serbian side, by opening a pub, a barber shop and a reading room. (Skopje, February 6, 1910)
Ethnic map of North Macedonia (2002)
Ethnic map of North Macedonia (2002)