Jankovec is a village located in Resen Municipality

Resen municipality

Resen is a municipality in southwestern Republic of Macedonia. Resen is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Resen Municipality is located in the Pelagonia Statistical Region.-Geography:...

 in the Republic of Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

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. The closest village to Jankovec is Izbišta. The population of Jankovec is mostly Macedonian

Macedonians (ethnic group)

The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...

, with a Turkish minority

Turks in the Republic of Macedonia

Turks in the Republic of Macedonia, also known as Macedonian Turks, are the ethnic Turks who constitute the third largest ethnic group in the Republic of Macedonia. According to the 2002 census, there were 77,959 Turks living in the country, forming a minority of some 4% of the population. The...

. The people of Jankovec are mostly farmers and own their own farms or plantations. Apple, corn, wheat and tobacco are generally grown in the region.

With 1,169 inhabitants, Jankovec is the second largest settlement in the municipality after Resen.

Churches

There are 5 churches in Jankovec, two of which are situated within Jankovec Monastery.

• St. Athanasius Church, the oldest church
• St. Ignatius of Antioch Church, relatively new church, second monastery church
• St. John Church, located in the village and was consecrated in 1866
• St. Nicholas Church, located about 1 km east of the village
• Church of Dormition of the Theotokos, the main monastery church consecrated in the 18th century