Gorjane, Vrapčište

Gorjane
Горјане
Gorjan
Village
Gorjane is located in North Macedonia
Gorjane
Gorjane
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°54′N 20°53′E / 41.900°N 20.883°E / 41.900; 20.883
Country North Macedonia
Region Polog
Municipality Vrapčište
Population
 (2021)
 • Total25
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesGV
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Gorjane (Macedonian: Горјане, Albanian: Gorjan) is a village in the municipality of Vrapčište, North Macedonia. It used to be part of Negotino-Pološko Municipality.

History

According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Gorjane appears as being inhabited by an 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: Marko Arbanas; Lazor (herder), Grgur; Nikolla, his son; Petro, son of Boja.[1]

Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Gorjane had 25 residents with the following ethnic composition:[2]

  • Albanians 25

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 70 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Gorjane was inhabited by 280 Muslim Albanians.[4]

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Galate was inhabited by 190 Мuslim Albanians and 55 Orthodox Bulgarians.[5]

References

  1. ^ Rexha, Iljaz (2012). "POPULLSIA ALBANE GJATË MESJETËS NË HAPSIRËN E MAQEDONISË SË SOTME" (43): 17. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  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. 143.
  4. ^ "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".
  5. ^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 264.


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