Odžovci
# Odžovci

Odžovci (Macedonian: Оџовци, Albanian: Hoxhaj) is a village in the municipality of Centar Župa, North Macedonia. Odžovci was once a former neighbourhood of the village of Balanci and in 1965 elevated to the status of an independent village. The population density of the village is 6.4 km2.

## Name

The toponym Odžovci is a patronymic formation derived from the term odža (meaning teacher, via Turkish from Persian) and the suffix ovci.

## Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Odžovci had 94 residents with the following ethnic composition:

* Turks 64
* Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 18
* Albanians 10
* Macedonians 2

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 220 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:

* Turks 203
* Albanians 17
