Novak, Centar Župa

Novak (Новак, Novak) is a village in the municipality of Centar Župa, North Macedonia. The village is inhabited mainly by Turks.

Demographics
According to the 1929 ethnographic map by Russian Slavist Afanasy Selishchev, Novak was a mixed Bulgarian-Albanian village.

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Novak was inhabited by 643 Muslim Albanians.

The village is inhabited by a Turkish speaking population consisting of Turks.

As of the 2021 census, Novak had 751 residents with the following ethnic composition:
 * Turks 703
 * Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 45
 * Others 3

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,006 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
 * Turks 1,003
 * Others 3