Krivolak, Negotino Explained

Krivolak
Native Name:Криволак
Coordinates:41.5267°N 22.1202°W
Pushpin Map:North Macedonia
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within North Macedonia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1: Vardar
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2: Negotino
Population Total:1,163
Population As Of:2021
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:NE
Blank1 Name:Climate
Blank1 Info:Cfa

Krivolak (Macedonian: Криволак) is a village in the municipality of Negotino, North Macedonia. It is located in the Povardarie wine-growing region, along the river Vardar. Krivolak is the place where the Battle of Krivolak between the Kingdom of Bulgaria and the French Third Republic took place during World War I.

Demographics

According to the statistics of Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900, 725 inhabitants lived in Krivolak, 650 Muslim Bulgarians and 75 Christian Bulgarians.[1] On the 1927 ethnic map of Leonhard Schulze-Jena, the village is shown as a fully Muslim Bulgarian village.[2] As of the 2021 census, Krivolak had 1,163 residents with the following ethnic composition:[3]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,021 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://macedonia.kroraina.com/vk/index.html Vasil Kanchov. "Macedonia. "Ethnography and statistics." Sofia, 1900, p. 154
  2. Schultze Jena, Leonhard. Makedonien: Landschafts- und Kulturbilder. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1927
  3. https://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/en/MakStat/MakStat__Popisi__Popis2021__NaselenieVkupno__PodatociNaselenie/T1503P21.px/table/tableViewLayout2/?rxid=cc8e0490-07b6-4002-adf4-9b4891b66655 Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  4. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 142.