Malčište

Malčište
Малчиште
Malçisht
Village
Village of Malčište
Village of Malčište
Malčište is located in North Macedonia
Malčište
Malčište
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°53′N 21°23′E / 41.883°N 21.383°E / 41.883; 21.383
Country North Macedonia
Region Skopje
Municipality Studeničani
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
38
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesSK
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Malčište (Macedonian: Малчиште, Albanian: Malçisht) is a village in the municipality of Studeničani, North Macedonia.

Name

The name stems from the Albanian word for mountains, mal[1]

Demographics

According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Malčište appears as being inhabited by an Orthodox Christian population. Some families had a mixed Slavic-Albanian anthroponomy. The names are:Niko son of Dom-ina, Radoslav son of Dom-ina, Hranislav son of Dona, Bojko son of Dona, Gropça son of Goja, Radislav son of Dominiko, Spana (Stana) widow.[2]

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Malčište was inhabited by 90 Muslim Albanians.[3] On the 1927 ethnic map of Leonhard Schulze-Jena, the village is shown as an Albanian village.[4] The Yugoslav census of 1953 recorded 194 people of whom 135 were Albanians, 52 Turks and 7 Macedonians.[5] The 1961 Yugoslav census recorded 159 people of whom were 158 Turks and 1 Albanian.[5] The 1971 census recorded 51 people of whom were Turks.[5] The 1981 Yugoslav census recorded 69 people of whom were 47 Turks, 17 Albanians, 1 Macedonian and 4 others.[5] The Macedonian census of 1994 recorded 7 Turks.[5]

According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 38 inhabitants.[6] Ethnic groups in the village include:[6]

Year Macedonian Albanian Turks Romani Vlachs Serbs Bosniaks Others Total
2002 ... 9 51 ... ... ... ... ... 60
2021 ... 12 ... ... ... ... ... 26 38

References

  1. ^ Rexha, Iljaz (2011). "Vendbanimet dhe popullsia albane gjatë mesjetës në hapësirën e Maqedonisë së sotme: Sipas burimeve sllave dhe osmane". Gjurmime Albanologjike: Seria e Shkencave Historike (41–42): 96.
  2. ^ Rexha, Iljaz (2012). "POPULLSIA ALBANE GJATË MESJETËS NË HAPSIRËN E MAQEDONISË SË SOTME" (43): 22. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 209.
  4. ^ Schultze Jena, Leonhard. Makedonien: Landschafts- und Kulturbilder. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1927
  5. ^ a b c d e Sherafedin Kaso (2005). The settlements with Muslim population in Macedonia. Logos-A. p. 205. ISBN 978-9989-58-155-7..
  6. ^ a b Macedonian Census (2021), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021
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