Vrapčište
Vrapčište
Врапчиште Vrapçisht Vrapçişte | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Vrapčište Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°50′02″N 20°53′07″E / 41.83389°N 20.88528°E | |
| Country | North Macedonia |
| Region | Polog |
| Municipality | Vrapčište |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 4,003 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | GV |
| Website | . |
Vrapčište (Macedonian: ⓘ, Turkish: Vrapçişte, Albanian: Vrapçisht) is a village and seat of the municipality of Vrapčište, North Macedonia.
History
Vrapčište is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 240 Christian households, 2 widows and 17 bachelors.[1]
According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Vrapčište exhibits predominantly Orthodox Christian Slavic and minority Albanian anthroponyms.[2]
According to the Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Vrapčište was inhabited by 1300 Turks, 325 Orthodox Bulgarians, 165 Muslim Albanians and 50 Romani.[3]
Demographics
As of the 2021 census, Vrapčište had 4,003 residents with the following ethnic composition:[4]
- Turks 2,765
- Albanians 912
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 203
- Macedonians 118
- Others 5
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 4,874 inhabitants.[5] Ethnic groups in the village include:[5]
- Turks 2,899
- Albanians 1,777
- Macedonians 172
- Others 26
Sports
Local football club FK Vrapčište plays in the OFS Gostivar league.
References
- ^ Турски документи за историјата на македонскиот народ кн.4, Методија Соколоски, д-р Александар Стојановски, Скопје 1971
- ^ Sokoloski, Metodija; Stojanovski, Aleksandar (1971). "ТУРСКИ ДОКУМЕНТИ ЗА ИСТОРИЈАТА НА МАКЕДОНСКИОТ НАРОД - ОПШИРЕН ПОПИСЕН ДЕФТЕР (1467-1468 година)". Државен архив на Македонија. p. 404.
Vrapčište: Pop (priest) Obrad; Petko, his brother; Nikola, son of Rajko; Kojo, his brother; Jovan, his brother; Nikola, son of Gruica (or Gruič); Petko, his brother; Tošo, son of Kojo; Gjorgji, son of Goce (or Goče); Petre, son of Gjurica; Ivko, his brother; Stepan, son of Todor; Bojko, son of Pavle; Petko, son of Martin; Jovan, son of Petre...
- ^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 213.
- ^ 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. 84.
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