Crno Boci


Crno Boci is a village in the municipality of Centar Župa, North Macedonia. Crno Boci, a former neighbourhood of the village of Balanci was elevated in the 1960s to the status of an independent village. The population density of the village is 6.4 km2.

Name

The toponym Crno Boci is derived from the name of a pagan Slavic deity Chernobog.

Demographics

Crno Boci is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the vilayet of Dulgobrda. The settlement was abandoned.
According to Ottoman tahrir defters from the 1520s, 16 villages associated with Kala-i Kodžadžik had no Muslim population. However, the Muslim population increased in subsequent years. This was likely part of the Islamization of Macedonia under Turkish rule.
Crno Boci has traditionally been inhabited by a Turks population.
As of the 2021 census, Crno Boci had 30 residents with the following ethnic composition:
  • Turks 30
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 40 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include: