Oktisi


Oktisi is a village in the municipality of Struga, North Macedonia.

History

In 1900, Vasil Kanchov gathered and compiled statistics on demographics in the area and reported that the village of Oktisi was inhabited by about 840 Bulgarian Christians and 550 Bulgarian Muslims.
The "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne" survey by Dimitar Mishev concluded that the Christian part of the local population in 1905 was composed of 1016 Bulgarian Exarchists. There was a Bulgarian school in the beginning of 20th century

Demographics

Oktisi has traditionally been inhabited by Orthodox Christian Macedonians/Bulgarian and a Macedonian Muslim/Bulgarian Muslim population.
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 2479 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include: