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Bulgarians are an ethnic minority in the Republic of Macedonia. Bulgarians are mostly found in the Strumica area but over the years the absolute majority of southwestern Republic of Macedonia have declared themselves Macedonian. The town of Strumica and its surrounding area (including Novo Selo) were part of Bulgaria between the Balkan wars and the end of World War I as well as during the World War II. The total number of Bulgarians counted in the 2002 Census was 1417 or roughly 0.07%.