Minorities (communities) in the Republic of Macedonia – groups that are small compared to the rest of the population of the Republic of Macedonia, whose members have ethnic, religious, linguistic and racial features that differ from the majority and nurture a sense of solidarity aimed at preserving their culture, tradition , language and faith. The Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia (1991) as a synonym for the term “minority” used the term “nationality”. The term “community” in the Republic of Macedonia is officially used in the Framework Agreement (2001) and in the amendments of the 1991 Constitution. (16. ⅺ 2001). On their basis and all legal acts adopted aftermarking the term “minority” use Trajko Petrovski: Roma in Macedonia (2002) the term “community”, not in terms of language or cultural, but an ethnic community as a key concept of transforming multiethnic society in a multiethnic state. The amendment ⅳ of the Constitution as minorities / communities determines “citizens living within the borders of the Republic of Macedonia, which are part of the Albanian, Turkish, Vlach, Serbian, Roma, Bosniak and other peoples.” Thus, the graphs of ethnicity of the 2002 census, according to which of the total of 2,022,547 citizens of the Republic of Macedonia, 1,297,981 declare themselves as Macedonians, 509,083 as Albanians, 77,959 Turks, 53,879 Roma, 35,939 Serbs, 17,018 Bosniaks, 9,695 Vlachs and 20,993 as others; or 1,310,184 Orthodox, 674,015 Muslims, 7,008 Catholics, 520 Protestants and 30,820 Other, ie, 1,344,815 citizens with mother tongue, 507,989 Albanian, 71,757 Turkish, 38,528 Roma, 24,773 Serbian, 8,560 Bosniak 6,884 Vlach and 19,241 other languages. AM: “Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia, no. 52/91; “Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia”, no. 91/01; Census 2002. T. Petr. Janaki Manaki
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