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Village in Skopje, North Macedonia

Idrizovo ИдризовоIdrizovë
Village
Road sign in Idrizovo
IdrizovoLocation within Republic of North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°58′N 21°35′E / 41.967°N 21.583°E / 41.967; 21.583
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Skopje
Municipality	Gazi Baba
Population (2021)
• Total	1,824
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	SK
Website	.

Idrizovo (Macedonian: Идризово, Albanian: Idrizovë) is a settlement in the outskirts of the city of Skopje within the municipality of Gazi Baba, Republic of North Macedonia.

According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 1.824 inhabitants.[1] Ethnic groups in the village include:[1]

• Macedonians: 826
• Albanians: 747
• Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources: 162
• Bosniaks: 29
• Turks: 15
• Romani: 11
• Serbs: 9
• Others: 25

Correctional facility

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With the establishment of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia following the Second World War, an internment camp was built in the area wherein political prisoners could be detained. Today, the prison remains and serves as one of the largest correctional facilities in the country.[1] Known as Kolonija Idrizovo the correctional facility had a population of 451 (2002 census) and included the following ethnic groups:[1]

• Macedonians: 401
• Albanians: 35
• Turks: 4
• Romani: 2
• Serbs: 8
• Others: 1

1. ^ a b c d Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 62.

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