Gorno Melničani

Gorno Melničani
Village
Горно Мелничани
Airview of the village
Gorno Melničani
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°31′08″N 20°35′17″E / 41.51889°N 20.58806°E / 41.51889; 20.58806
Country North Macedonia
Region Southwestern
Municipality Centar Župa
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
0
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
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Gorno Melničani (Macedonian: Горно Мелничани) is an uninhabited village in the municipality of Centar Župa, North Macedonia.

Demographics

Gorno Melničani (Gorna-Menliçani) is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the ziamet of Reka which was under the authority of Karagöz Bey. The village had a total of six households and the anthroponymy attested depicts a mixed Albanian-Slavic character with instances of Slavicisation; as is depicted in the case of Andrija Zogovići, his surname being formed from the Albanian zog ("bird") and Slavic suffix -ići.[1]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Gorno Melničani was inhabited by 193 Bulgarians.[2]

Gorno Melničani has traditionally been inhabited by an Orthodox Macedonian and Torbeš population.[3]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 0 inhabitants.[4]

References

  1. ^ Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 117.
  2. ^ "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".
  3. ^ Vidoeski, Božidar (1998). Dijalektite na makedonskiot jazik. Vol. 1. Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite. ISBN 9789989649509. p. 326. "Население со мајчин јазик македонски живее во гр. Дебар (од двете конфесии), во селата: Присовјани, Локов, Збажди, Р’жаново, Буринец, Селци (православни) - во Малесија, Горно Косоврасти, Р’ковци, Кочишта, Мал и Голем Папрадник (муслимани), Долно Косоврасти, Мелничани, Броштица, Житинени, Горенци (од двете конфесии), Елевци, Рајчица, Пареши, Баниште (православни)."
  4. ^ Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 188.