Berikovo | |
Native Name: | Бериково Berikovë |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | North Macedonia |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within North Macedonia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Southwestern |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Kičevo |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 34 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 41.6333°N 21°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Website: | . |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Blank Info: | KI |
Berikovo (mk|Бериково, sq|Berikovë) is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Oslomej.
During the period of 1912-1913, members the Serbian army massacred 6 Albanian elders from the village, with local inhabitants claiming a larger figure. After the capture of the village by Partisan forces in the autumn of 1944, a further 11 Albanian men were massacred.[1]
The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village had a total of 7 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred).[2]
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Berikovo was inhabited by a total of 235 Muslim Albanians.[3]
As of the 2021 census, Berikovo had 34 residents with the following ethnic composition:[4]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 168 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:[5]