Dobri Dol, Vrapčište

Dobri Dol
Добри Дол
Dobërdoll
Village
Dobri Dol
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°51′57″N 20°53′15″E / 41.86583°N 20.88750°E / 41.86583; 20.88750
Country North Macedonia
Region Polog
Municipality Vrapčište
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
3,546
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesGV
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Dobri Dol (Macedonian: Добри Дол, Albanian: (Lugina e mire ose Dobërdol)is a village in the municipality of Vrapčište, North Macedonia. It used to be part of Negotino-Pološko Municipality.

History

Dobri Dol is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 68 Christian households, 3 bachelors and 2 widows.[1][2]

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Dobri Dol was inhabited by 940 Muslim Albanians.[3]

Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Dobri Dol had 3,546 residents with the following ethnic composition:[4]

  • Albanians 3,401
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 137
  • Others 6
  • Macedonians 2

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 5,223 inhabitants.[5] Ethnic groups in the village include:[5]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Dobri Dol was inhabited by 2030 Muslim Albanians.[6]

Sports

The local football club KF Besa Dobërdoll plays in the Macedonian First League.

References

  1. ^ Турски документи за историјата на македонскиот народ кн.4, Методија Соколоски, д-р Александар Стојановски, Скопје 1971
  2. ^ 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. The names are: Gjin, son of Beka-jo; Miho, his brother; Tan-o, his brother; Gjin, his other son; Gjon, son of Leko; Nik-o, son of Leko; Gjon, son of Stojan; Bogdan, son of Stojan; Dan-ço, son of Krum (Krymi); Petko, son of Gjin; Mill, son of Petko; Tano, the son of Miho; Petko, son of Gjon; Dimitri, son of Kale; Daba, son of Kola; Dança, son of Gjergj; Nikola, son of Pop; Jak-o, his son; Gjin, son of Pop.
  3. ^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 264.
  4. ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".