Dolna Ǵonovica

Dolna Ǵonovica Долна Ѓоновица Gjonovicë e Poshtme
Village
View of the village
Dolna Ǵonovica Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°43′N 20°54′E
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Polog
Municipality	Gostivar
Population  (2021)
• Total	35
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	GV
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Dolna Ǵonovica (Macedonian: Долна Ѓоновица, Albanian: Gjonovicë e Poshtme) is a village in the municipality of Gostivar, North Macedonia.

Name

The name stems from the Albanian name Gjon plus the Slavic suffix ov/ica.^[1]

Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Dolna Ǵonovica had 35 residents with the following ethnic composition:^[2]

• Albanians 22
• Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 8
• Macedonians 5

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 242 inhabitants.^[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[3]

• Albanians 239
• Others 3

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Dolna Ǵonovica was inhabited by 274 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. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 96.
4. "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".

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