Ničpur

Ničpur
Ничпур
Niçpur
Village
Panoramic view of the village
Ničpur
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°45′N 20°40′E / 41.750°N 20.667°E / 41.750; 20.667
Country North Macedonia
Region Polog
Municipality Mavrovo and Rostuša
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
5
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesGV
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Ničpur (Macedonian: Ничпур, Albanian: Niçpur) is a village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia.

Demographics

Ničpur (Jençepor) 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 8 households and the anthroponymy attested was Albanian in character.[1] [2] In the census of 1536/39, the village had 16 families and 2 bachelors people. In 1583, the village of Niçpur had, 20 houesholds and 8 bachelors, had 2 looms, 1 mill and paid 1000 akçe to the timarli every year. The inhabitants recorded exhibited Albanian and mixed Slavic-Albanian anthroponyms: (e.g Gjon Dano, Gjorçe Dano, Gjuro Gjon, Kole Gjurro, Stojko Kosta, Mitre Brajan etc).[3]

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Ničpur was inhabited by 250 Orthodox Albanians and 220 Muslim Albanians.[4]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 13 inhabitants.[5] Ethnic groups in the village include:[5]

As of the 2021 census, Ničpur had 5 residents with the following ethnic composition:[6]

  • Albanians 5

References

  1. ^ Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 127.
  2. ^ Pajaziti, Ali, et al. (2014). Shqiptarët e Rekës së Epërm përballë sfidave të kohës [Albanians of Upper Reka facing the challenges of time]. South East European University. Gostivar-Skopje. ISBN 978-608-4503-95-8 page. 265
  3. ^ Pajaziti, Ali, et al. (2014). Shqiptarët e Rekës së Epërm përballë sfidave të kohës [Albanians of Upper Reka facing the challenges of time]. South East European University. Gostivar-Skopje. ISBN 978-608-4503-95-8 page. 266
  4. ^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 264.
  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. 136.
  6. ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021