Kamenjane

Kamenjane
Kameњaнe
Kamjan
Village
Kamenjane is located in North Macedonia
Kamenjane
Kamenjane
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°57′N 20°56′E / 41.950°N 20.933°E / 41.950; 20.933
Country North Macedonia
Region Polog
Municipality Bogovinje
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
3,654
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
1221
Car platesTE
Website.

Kamenjane (Macedonian: Kameњaнe, Albanian: Kamjan) is a village in the municipality of Bogovinje, North Macedonia. It is located about seven kilometres west of Tetovo. The name (Kamenyane - English spelling) means stoneville in English. Kamenjane used to be the seat of a separate municipality that bore its name before it was merged with that of Bogovinje in 2004.

Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Kamenjane had 3,654 residents with the following ethnic composition:[1]

  • Albanians 3,385
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 265
  • Bosniaks 3
  • Macedonians 2
  • Others 1

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 4,834 inhabitants.[2] Ethnic groups in the village include:[2]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Kamenjane was inhabited by 1670 Muslim Albanians.[3]

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Kamenjane was inhabited by 630 Muslim Albanians.[4]

Sports

The local football club, KF Kamjani, plays in the Macedonian Third League (West Division).

References

  1. ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  2. ^ a b Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 110.
  3. ^ "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".
  4. ^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 264.
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