Gorno Palčište (Macedonian: Горно Палчиште, Albanian: Pallçisht i Epërm) is a village in the municipality of Bogovinje, North Macedonia.
Gorno Palčište
Горно Палчиште Pallçisht i Epërm | |
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Village | |
  Gorno Palčište Location within Republic of Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°59′N 20°55′E / 41.983°N 20.917°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Polog |
| Municipality |  Bogovinje |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 1,127 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | TE |
| Website | . |
History
editAccording to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Gorno Palčište appears as being largely inhabited by an Orthodox Christian 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: Lazor, son of Arbanas; Gjon Arbanas; Dejan, his son; Gjergji Arbanas; Ivan, son of Dren; Dimitri, his son; Gjuri-ca Dralla; Lazor govedar (herder); Dobroslav, his brother; Mitran, his brother; Toni star (old man); Dejan, his son; Gjon the son-in-law of Radoslav; Kola, son of Zahari; Gjurgji, son of Zahari.[1]
Demographics
editAs of the 2021 census, Gorno Palčište had 1,127 residents with the following ethnic composition:[2]
- Albanians 1,037
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 90
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1356 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]
- Albanians 1339
- Macedonians 1
- Others 16
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Gorno Palčište was inhabited by 1031 Muslim Albanians, 94 Bulgarians and 183 Serbs.[4]
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Gorno Palčište was inhabited by 165 Muslim Albanians.[5]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".
- ^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 264.
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