Šašavarlija (Macedonian: Шашаварлија, Turkish: Şaşavarlı) is a village in the municipality of Štip, North Macedonia.
Šašavarlija
Шашаварлија | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Šašavarlija Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°43′01″N 22°17′14″E / 41.716946°N 22.287116°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Eastern |
| Municipality |  Štip |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 108 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | . |
History
editAccording to the Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov it was a pure Turkish Muslim village at the beginning of the 20th century.[1] The famous Turkish retail company Pehlivanoğlu surname hails from this village, and in an interview in 2009 they were fluent in Macedonian [2] Turkish Government opened the new school of the village in 2014.[3]
Demographics
editAccording to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 108 inhabitants.[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]
- Macedonians 23
- Turks 85
As of 2021, the village of Shashvarlija has 79 inhabitants and the ethnic composition was the following:[5]
- Turks - 67
- Macedonians – 10
- Albanians – 1
- Person without Data - 1
References
edit- ^ Кѫнчовъ, Василъ (1900). Македония. Етнография и статистика. Sofia: Българското книжовно дружество. p. 230. ISBN 954430424X.
- ^ "Makedonski Iselenici vo Turcija 1. Tv Iris". YouTube.
- ^ "TİKA - Türk İşbirliği ve Koordinasyon Ajansı Başkanlığı". www.tika.gov.tr. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
- ^ 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. 196.
- ^ "Archived". makstat.stat.gov.mk. Archived from the original on December 25, 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2023.[dead link]