Gorno Melničani

Gorno Melničani
Village
Горно Мелничани
Airview of the village
Airview of the village
Gorno Melničani is located in North Macedonia
Gorno Melničani
Gorno Melničani
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°31′08″N 20°35′17″E / 41.51889°N 20.58806°E / 41.51889; 20.58806
Country North Macedonia
Region Southwestern
Municipality Centar Župa
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
0
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
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Gorno Melničani (Macedonian: Горно Мелничани) is an uninhabited village in the municipality of Centar Župa, North Macedonia.

Demographics

Gorno Melničani (Gorna-Menliçani) is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the ziamet of Reka which was under the authority of Karagöz Bey. The village had a total of six households and the anthroponymy attested depicts a mixed Albanian-Slavic character with instances of Slavicisation; as is depicted in the case of Andrija Zogovići, his surname being formed from the Albanian zog ("bird") and Slavic suffix -ići.[1]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Gorno Melničani was inhabited by 193 Bulgarians.[2]

Gorno Melničani has traditionally been inhabited by an Orthodox Macedonian and Torbeš population.[3]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 0 inhabitants.[4]

References

  1. ^ Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 117.
  2. ^ "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".
  3. ^ Vidoeski, Božidar (1998). Dijalektite na makedonskiot jazik. Vol. 1. Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite. ISBN 9789989649509. p. 326. "Население со мајчин јазик македонски живее во гр. Дебар (од двете конфесии), во селата: Присовјани, Локов, Збажди, Р’жаново, Буринец, Селци (православни) - во Малесија, Горно Косоврасти, Р’ковци, Кочишта, Мал и Голем Папрадник (муслимани), Долно Косоврасти, Мелничани, Броштица, Житинени, Горенци (од двете конфесии), Елевци, Рајчица, Пареши, Баниште (православни)."
  4. ^ Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 188.
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