During the great migration movements in the region of Macedonia at the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th centuries, Slavic-speaking Muslims left the Debar area for the central regions of Macedonia and established villages such as Umovo located in the Skopje area.[1]
The village when inhabited in past times had a Torbeš population.[1][3]
The Yugoslav census of 1953 recorded 825 people of whom 815 were Turks, 6 Macedonians and 4 others.[4] The 1961 Yugoslav census recorded 64 people, all Turks.[4] The 1971 census recorded 17 people, all Turks.[4] The 1981 Yugoslav census was the last to record any people as residing in the village which contained 35 inhabitants, all Turks.[4] According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 0 inhabitants.[5]
References
^ abVidoeski, Božidar (1998). Dijalektite na makedonskiot jazik. Vol. 1. Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite. ISBN9789989649509. p. 126. "Еден дел од торбешката група, кои на крајот на XVII век и во почетокот на XVIII-иот, во времето на големите миграциони движења во Македонија, ја напуштило старата територија (Дебарско) и се преселило во централните области на Македонија. Така се формирале шет торбешки села во Скопско (Пагаруша, Д. Количани, Држилово, Цветово, Елово, Умово) и две Велешко (Г. Врановци и Мелница)."
^Schultze Jena, Leonhard. Makedonien: Landschafts- und Kulturbilder. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1927