Asamati (Macedonian: Асамати; Albanian: Asamat, Osomat) is a village in the Resen Municipality of North Macedonia, on the northeastern shore of Lake Prespa. Asamati is located just over 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from the municipal centre of Resen[1] and has 175 residents.[2]
Asamati
Асамати Asamat | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 View of the village Asamati | |
  Asamati Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 40°59′11″N 21°03′03″E / 40.98639°N 21.05083°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Pelagonia |
| Municipality |  Resen |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 168 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +389 |
| Car plates | RE |
History
editAsamati is home to several archaeological sites, dating from various historical eras, most of which were discovered by accident. Many of the findings from the sites, such as pithos and roof tiles, are housed at the Saraj in Resen.[3]
Demographics
editThe demographics of Asamati are written in several Bulgarian sources. According to Yordan Iliev Yordanov, Asamati in 1873 is listed as "Adamite", consisted of 16 households with 30 Muslim inhabitants and 16 Bulgarians.[4] In 1905, D.M.Brancoff wrote Asamati had 150 inhabitants, of which 102 were Muslim Albanians and the remainder were Bulgarian Exarchists.[5]
During World War I, the village had 115 residents.[6]
The population of Asamati is ethnically mixed, consisting of Orthodox Macedonians living alongside Muslim Sunni and Bektashi Albanians, of whom the latter are known locally as Kolonjarë.[7] It is the only village in the municipality with no majority ethnic group.[8]
| Ethnic group |
census 1961 | census 1971 | census 1981 | census 1991 | census 1994 | census 2002 | census 2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Macedonians | 106 | 48.0 | 83 | 41.1 | 87 | 40.0 | 88 | 37.9 | 77 | 39.5 | 68 | 38.9 | 55 | 32.7 |
| Albanians | 65 | 29.4 | 102 | 50.5 | 106 | 48.6 | 94 | 40.5 | 97 | 49.7 | 81 | 46.3 | 91 | 54.2 |
| Turks | 49 | 22.2 | 17 | 8.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 9.5 | 21 | 10.8 | 26 | 14.9 | 16 | 9.5 |
| others | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 11.5 | 28 | 12.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 3.6 |
| Total | 221 | 202 | 218 | 232 | 195 | 175 | 168 | |||||||
Gallery
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Asamati village -
Architecture of Asamati -
Architecture of Asamati -
Architecture of Asamati -
Mosque of Asamati -
Muslim cemetery of Asamati -
Orthodox church of Asamati -
Orthodox cemetery of Asamati -
Abandoned old house and kafana near village waterfront -
Asamati waterfront on Lake Prespa
People from Asamati
edit- Eftim Dimitrov (1867 - ?), member of the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps[9]
- Taip Taipi (1924 - 2001), politician[10]
References
edit- ^ "Asamati". Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ^ "Municipality of Resen". Archived from the original on 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
- ^ Koco, Dimče (1996). Археолошка карта на Република Македонија. Skopje: MANU. ISBN 9789989101069
- ^ „Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г.“ Македонски научен институт, София, 1995, стр.88-89.
- ^ D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, рр. 170-171.
- ^ Списък на населените места в Македония, Моравско и Одринско, Sofia 1917, с. 9.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Sugarman, Jane (1997). Engendering song: Singing and subjectivity at Prespa Albanian weddings. University of Chicago Press. pp. 9–11. ISBN 9780226779720.
- ^ Censuses of population 1948 - 2002 Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ „Македоно-одринското опълчение 1912-1913 г. Личен състав“, Главно управление на архивите, 2006, стр. 217.
- ^ Учеството на борците од Тетово и Тетовско во IV (VII) бригада, Тетово и Тетовско во НОВ 1941-1945. кн. втора, Tetovo, 1991, 114-120