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Bogovinje

Coordinates: 41°55′24″N 20°54′48″E / 41.92333°N 20.91333°E / 41.92333; 20.91333
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Bogovinje
Боговиње
Bogovinë
Village
View of the village
View of the village
Bogovinje is located in North Macedonia
Bogovinje
Bogovinje
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°55′24″N 20°54′48″E / 41.92333°N 20.91333°E / 41.92333; 20.91333
Country North Macedonia
Region Polog
Municipality Bogovinje
Government
 • mayorBesnik Emshiu (BDI)
Elevation
503 m (1,650 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
5,239
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
1220
Car platesTE

Bogovinje (Macedonian: Боговиње; Albanian: Bogovinë /bɒgɒviːnə/) is a village in the municipality of Bogovinje, North Macedonia. It is a seat of the Bogovinje municipality.

History

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Bogovinje is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 42 Christian households, 2 bachelors and 1 widow.[1]

According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Bogovinje exhibits a majority Orthodox Christian Slavic anthroponomy, alongside a minority of names belonging to the Albanian onomastic sphere.[2]

Sports

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The village also has a stadium home to FK Drita called Stadion Bogovinje.

Demographics

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As of the 2021 census, Bogovinje had 5,239 residents with the following ethnic composition:[3]

  • Albanians 4,829
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 405
  • Macedonians 1
  • Others 4

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 6,328 inhabitants.[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Bogovinje was inhabited by 2,023 Muslim Albanians.[5]

According to the Bulgarian scientific expedition during the First World War, Bogovinje was inhabited by 1,188 Pomaks.[6]

According to the Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Bogovinje was inhabited by 600 Muslim Albanians.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Турски документи за историјата на македонскиот народ кн.4, Методија Соколоски, д-р Александар Стојановски, Скопје 1971
  2. ^ Sokoloski, Metodija; Stojanovski, Aleksandar (1971). "ТУРСКИ ДОКУМЕНТИ ЗА ИСТОРИЈАТА НА МАКЕДОНСКИОТ НАРОД - ОПШИРЕН ПОПИСЕН ДЕФТЕР (1467-1468 година)". Државен архив на Македонија. p. 312-313. Bogovina: Jovan, son of Pero; Dimitri, his son; Bogdan, son of Gliče(Iglič); Tonke, son of Gliče; Gjuro, son of Gliče; Nikola, prišelec(newcomer); Bogdan, son of Kovač; Ratče, son of Kovač; Nikola, son of Kovač; Bogdan, son of Kojo; Stanče, son of Dojčin; Dimitri, son of Stanče; Jovan Kičevac; Bogdan, son of Stanislav; Bogdan, son of Trajko (or Ivanko)...
  3. ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  4. ^ 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. 72.
  5. ^ Bespyatov, Tim. "Ethnic/religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures". Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  6. ^ Petar Hristov Petrov (1993). Научна експедиция в Македония и Поморавието 1916. Военноизд-ки комплекс "Св. Георги Победоносец". p. 257. ISBN 9789540702551.
  7. ^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 264.
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