Malo Turčane

Malo Turčane
Мало Турчане
Turçan i Vogël
Village
Airview of the village
Airview of the village
Malo Turčane is located in North Macedonia
Malo Turčane
Malo Turčane
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°47′N 20°56′E / 41.783°N 20.933°E / 41.783; 20.933
Country North Macedonia
Region Polog
Municipality Gostivar
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
96
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesGV
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Malo Turčane (Macedonian: Мало Турчане, Albanian: Turçan i Vogël) is a village in the municipality of Gostivar, North Macedonia.


History

According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Malo Turčane appears as being largely inhabited by an Orthodox Christian Albanian population. Due to Slavicisation, some families had a mixed Slav-Albanian anthroponomy - usually a Slavic first name and an Albanian last name or last names with Albanian patronyms and Slavic suffixes.

The names are:Lazar Arbanas; Nikolla, son of Gjin; Rajk-o, his brother; Pop Nikolla; Rela, son of Gjin; Vlad-ko, son of Gjin; Nikolla, son of Gjin; Rajk-a, son of Nikolla; Dimitri, son of Nikolla; Ugrin Protogjer.[1]

Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Vrutok had 96 residents with the following ethnic composition:[2]

  • Albanians 85
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 11

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,013 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Malo Turčane was inhabited by 245 Muslim Albanians.[4]

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): 167–218.
  2. ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  3. ^ 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. 87.
  4. ^ "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".


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