Slivnica, Resen

Slivnica (Macedonian: Сливница) is a village on the eastern shore of Lake Prespa in the Resen Municipality of the Republic of North Macedonia. It is located under 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) south of the municipal centre of Resen.[1]

Slivnica Сливница
Village
Panoramic view of the village Slivnica, in background Lake Prespa
Slivnica Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 40°57′32″N 21°04′53″E
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Pelagonia
Municipality	Resen
Population  (2002)
• Total	188
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)	+389
Car plates	RE

Demographics

Slivnica is inhabited by Orthodox Macedonians.[2] During the late Ottoman period, Macedonian Muslims also used to reside in Slivnica.[3]

Slivnica has a population of 188 people.[4] It is one of only four villages in Resen Municipality that saw a population increase from the 1994 census to the most recent one in 2002.[5]

Ethnic group	census 1961		census 1971		census 1981		census 1991		census 1994		census 2002
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Macedonians	310	100.0	265	99.6	309	95.7	207	99.5	166	100.0	188	100.0
others	0	0.0	1	0.4	14	4.3	1	0.5	0	0.0	0	0.0
Total	310		266		323		208		166		188

References

1. "Slivnica". Retrieved 31 July 2013.
2. Sugarman, Jane (1997). Engendering song: Singing and subjectivity at Prespa Albanian weddings. University of Chicago Press. pp. 9–11. ISBN 9780226779720.
3. Włodzimierz, Pianka (1970). Toponomastikata na Ohridsko-Prespanskiot bazen. Institut za makedonski jazik "Krste Misirkov". pp. 128–129. "Горна Преспа... Во Подмочани и Сливница (сега само Македонци) имало Македонци - муслимани."
4. Municipality of Resen
5. Censuses of population 1948 - 2002 Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine