title: Odžovci
text: # 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
  