Siničane

Siničane
Синичане
Siniçan
Village
Siničane is located in North Macedonia
Siničane
Siničane
Location within Republic of Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°56′N 20°55′E / 41.933°N 20.917°E / 41.933; 20.917
Country North Macedonia
Region Polog
Municipality Bogovinje
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
1,205
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesTE
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Siničane (Macedonian: Синичане, Albanian: Siniçan) is a village in the municipality of Bogovinje, North Macedonia.

History

According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Siničane appears as being largely inhabited by an Orthodox Christian Albanian population. 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: Nikolla, son of Gjon; Gjon, son of Klajo-o; Gjon star (old man); Don-ko, his son; Nik-o, of Andre-ja; Ivan, son of Andre-ja-; Todor, his brother; Pal-lesh Todor, son of Zero-Ziro; Radoslav, son of Gjon; Nikola, son of Gjesh; Mihal, son of Dujak.[1]

Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Siničane had 1,205 residents with the following ethnic composition:[2]

  • Albanians 1,155
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 50

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1472 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Siničane was inhabited by 576 Muslim Albanians.[4]

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Siničane was inhabited by 220 Muslim Albanians.[5]

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): 113.
  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. 110.
  4. ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm
  5. ^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 264.
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