# Ostrec

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'''Ostrec''' ([Macedonian Cyrillic](/source/Macedonian_language): Острец; {{Langx|sq|Ostrec}}) is a [village](/source/village) in the [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_North_Macedonia) of [Bitola](/source/Bitola_Municipality), [North Macedonia](/source/North_Macedonia). The village is about 12 kilometers away from [Bitola](/source/Bitola), [North Macedonia](/source/North_Macedonia). It used to be part of the former municipality of [Bistrica](/source/Bistrica%2C_Bitola).
thumb|Close-up view of Ostrec village in 2025

== Culture ==
Ostrec has traditionally and exclusively been populated by [Ghegs](/source/Ghegs), a northern subgroup of [Albanians](/source/Albanians) and speak the [Gheg Albanian](/source/Gheg_Albanian) dialect,<ref name="Indogermanische183">{{cite book|last=Indogermanische Gesellschaft|title=Indogermanisches Jahrbuch, Vol. 13|year=1929|publisher=Karl J. Trübner|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S6fNAAAAMAAJ&q=Ostrec+geg|pages=183}} "Monastir (Bitol) auch für das Studium des Alb. geeignet: Ostrec (11 km von Monastir), Zlokućani haben geg., Dihovo, Bratindol, Magarevo, Ramna, Kažani, Dolenci, Lera, Crnovec, Drevenik, Murgašovo tosk. Bevölkerung. Die tosk."</ref><ref name="Jusufi282">{{cite book|last=Jusufi|first=Lumnije|chapter=Eine zentralgegische Sprachinsel im toskischen Sprachareal von Manastir|editor-last= Demiraj|editor-first= Bardhyl|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bmIVOGu0WWEC&q=K%C3%ABshava&pg=PA5|title= Wir sind die Deinen: Studien zur albanischen Sprache, Literatur und Kulturgeschichte, dem Gedenken an Martin Camaj (1925-1992) gewidmet|publisher= Otto Harrassowitz Verlag|date=2010|pages=282|isbn= 9783447062213}}</ref><ref name="Godisenzbornik171">{{cite book|last=Godišen zbornik|title=Volumes 17-18|year=1969|publisher=Univerzitet vo Skopje. Geografski institut|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b0ceAQAAIAAJ&q=%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8+%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%88%D1%9A%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8|pages=171}} "Чисто албански села сега се: Арматуш, Кишава, Острец, Злокуќани, Снегово, Старо Змирново, Саждево, Јакреново, Борино, Норово, Древеник. При ослободувањето од турското владеење во 1912 г. оваа област имала повеќе чисто албански села."</ref> similar to the Matjan and Dibran Geg subdialects, while the surrounding [Albanian](/source/Albanians) villages around [Pelister Mountain](/source/Pelister_National_Park) are mostly [Tosk](/source/Tosk_Albanian)-speaking.

==Demographics==
Erekovci is attested in the Ottoman [defter](/source/defter) of 1467/68 as a village in the [vilayet of Manastir](/source/Manastir_vilayet). The inhabitants attested largely bore [Albanian](/source/Albanians)  [anthroponyms](/source/Anthroponymy), such as ''Leko Arbanash'', ''None Arbanash'', ''Gon'' son of ''Tanush'' etc.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Murati |first1=Qemal| journal=Studime Albanologjike|title=EMRA VETJAKË TË PROVENIENCËS SHQIPTARE NË VILAJETIN E MANASTIRIT NË DRITËN E DEFTERËVE OSMANË TË SHEK. XV  |date=2022 |publisher=ITSH|page=36|quote=OSTREC Leko Arbanash; None Arbanash; Gin, vëllai i Nikollës; Gin, i biri i Tanush-it; Gon, i vjetër; Gon, i biri i Koke-s; Gin, i biri i Pano-s. }}</ref>

Due to emigration in the 1960-1970s, a sizable [diaspora](/source/Albanian_Australian) from the village exists in the mainly Western Suburbs of Melbourne, [Australia](/source/Australia).<ref name="ImmMuswii">{{cite web|title=After World War II|url=http://museumsvictoria.com.au/immigrationmuseum/whatson/past-exhibitions/kurbet/after-world-war-ii/|publisher=Immigration Museum|access-date=16 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304135044/http://museumvictoria.com.au/immigrationmuseum/whatson/past-exhibitions/kurbet/after-world-war-ii/|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> 

As of the [2021 census](/source/2021_North_Macedonia_census), Ostrec had 161 residents with the following ethnic composition:<ref>[https://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/en/MakStat/MakStat__Popisi__Popis2021__NaselenieVkupno__PodatociNaselenie/T1503P21.px/table/tableViewLayout2/?rxid=cc8e0490-07b6-4002-adf4-9b4891b66655 Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021]</ref>
*Albanians 154
*Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 7

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 229 inhabitants.<ref name = Statisticaloffice/> Ethnic groups in the village include:<ref name = Statisticaloffice>Macedonian Census (2002), [http://www.stat.gov.mk/publikacii/knigaX.pdf  ''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion''], The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 70.</ref>
*[Albanians](/source/Albanians) 228

Many Albanians migrated to Türkiye from this village between 1920-1930. In addition, in the 1950s, there were migrations to Türkiye again. There are also those who immigrated to Australia and America. Immigrants to Türkiye and their children mostly reside in [https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyukkale Büyükkale village] of [http://www.tire.bel.tr/ Tire] district of İzmir city. In 1960 through to the mid-1970’s many of these Ostrecly moved to Australia, the vast majority live in Melbourne, (Naarm) Victoria.

==References==
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==External links==
Facebook Ostrec Group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/ostrec

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Category:Villages in Bitola Municipality
Category:Albanian communities in North Macedonia

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