Gorno Orizari | |
Native Name: | Горно Оризари |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | North Macedonia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within North Macedonia |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Pelagonia |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Bitola |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 2,521 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 41.0511°N 21.3469°W |
Gorno Orizari (Macedonian: Горно Оризари) is a settlement within the Bitola Municipality of North Macedonia. Originally a village, it is now a suburb of the wider city. It is located to the north of the city, east of the exit road for Prilep and close to the proposed M5 motorway, a limited-access road that bypasses Bitola linking the city with Ohrid and Resen (west) and Prilep (north).
The village was founded in the 19th century during the time of the Ottoman Empire. In 1900, the population of Gorno Orizari was 236, every one Orthodox Christian, and declaring Bulgarian ethnicity.[1]
As of the 2021 census, Gorno Orizari had 2,521 residents with the following ethnic composition:[2]
The village grew throughout the 20th century and at the 2002 census, the population had reach 2,454 though now there in an absolute Macedonian majority.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]