Forino (; ) is a village in the municipality of Gostivar, North Macedonia. Forino's distance is 5.15 km / 3.2 mi away from the center of the municipality.
Demographics
Forino is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 38 Christian households 2 bachelors and 4 widows.Турски документи за историјата на македонскиот народ кн.4, Методија Соколоски, д-р Александар Стојановски, Скопје 1971
As of the 2021 census, Forino had 2,809 residents with the following ethnic composition:Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021 Albanians 2,710 Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 94 Others 5
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 4,652 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 191.
Albanians 4,624 Serbs 1 Bosniaks 1 Others 26
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Forino was inhabited by 1403 Muslim Albanians.
Sports Local football club KF Vardari plays in the Macedonian Second League (West Division). Notable people Talat Xhaferi, Prime minister of North Macedonia.
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