Volkovija, Mavrovo i Rostuše
Volkovija
Волковија Vallkavi | |
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Village | |
Houses in the village Volkovija | |
Volkovija Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°42′56″N 20°40′08″E / 41.71556°N 20.66889°E | |
| Country | North Macedonia |
| Region | Polog |
| Municipality | Mavrovo and Rostuša |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 21 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | GV |
| Website | . |
Volkovija (Macedonian: Волковија, Albanian: Vallkavi) is a village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia.
Demographics
Volkovija (Vukovja) 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 recorded depicts an almost exclusively Albanian character: Progon Domi, Pop Radoslav, Kolë Domi, Kolë Domi the other, Andrije Domi, and Muzhava Domi.[1] In the 1519 census, there were 13 Christian families registered. The village of Volkovi in the years 1519-1583 was a derven. In the 1583 census, the village counted 40 Christian families and paid 2514 akçe per year to the timar The anthroponyms recorded were mixed Slavic-Albanian in character (e.g Pejo Gjon, Dimitri Gjursan, Stojan Pejo, Kojo Pejo, Dimtri Stojan etc).[2]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 89 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]
- Albanians 80
- Macedonians 9
As of the 2021 census, Volkovija had 21 residents with the following ethnic composition:[4]
- Albanians 15
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 6
References
- ^ Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 126.
- ^ 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. 263
- ^ 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. 135.
- ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021