The Macedonians in Albania (Macedonian: Македонци во Албанија, romanized: Makedonci vo Albanija; Albanian: Maqedonasit në Shqipëri) are an officially recognized ethnic minority. According to the 2011 census, 5,870 ethnic Macedonians live in Albania. However, before the census, Macedonian organizations from Albania asked Macedonians to boycott the census, because only in Pustec Municipality were individuals allowed to declare themselves as ethnic Macedonians.In the 1989 census, 4,697 people had declared themselves Macedonian. In some circumstances ethnic identity can be fluid among Albania's Slavophonic population, who may identify as Albanian or Bulgarian, depending on the circumstances. According to Edmond Temelko, former mayor of the Pustec Commune, "[...] Bulgaria uses heavy economic si