Ostren

Ostren
—  Municipality  —
Ostren
Coordinates: 41°25′N 20°28′E / 41.417°N 20.467°E / 41.417; 20.467Coordinates: 41°25′N 20°28′E / 41.417°N 20.467°E / 41.417; 20.467
Country	Albania
County	Dibër County
District	Bulqizë District
Time zone	Central European Time (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Car Plates	BZ

Ostren (Macedonian: Острени, Ostreni) is a municipality in the Bulqizë District, Dibër County, eastern Albania.^[1]

Demographics

Ostren is inhabited by a Macedonian Muslim majority, and an Orthodox Macedonian minority, both of whom are officially unrecognised by the Albanian government.^{[citation needed]}

Education

Macedonian language courses operate in Ostren to cater for the Macedonian speaking majority population which lives in the village.^[2]

References

1. ^ Albanian government budget legislation
2. ^ Macedonians from Golo Brdo begin to learn the Macedonian language