Balin Dol

Balin Dol (Macedonian: Балин Дол, Albanian: Balindoll) is a village in the municipality of Gostivar, North Macedonia.

Balin Dol Балин Дол Balindoll
Village
Airview of the village Balin Dol
Balin Dol Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°48′N 20°56′E
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Polog
Municipality	Gostivar
Population  (2021)
• Total	2,059
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	GV
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Demographics

Balin Dol is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 26 Christian households and 2 bachelors.^[1]

As of the 2021 census, Balin Dol had 2,059 residents with the following ethnic composition:^[2]

• Albanians 1,651
• Macedonians 319
• Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 72
• Turks 13
• Others 4

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 2501 inhabitants.^[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[3]

• Albanians 2156
• Macedonians 337
• Serbs 3
• Bosniaks 1
• Others 4

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Balin Dol was inhabited by 641 Muslim Albanians and 237 Serbs.^[4]