Dihovo (Macedonian: Дихово) is a village in the municipality of Bitola, North Macedonia located under Baba Mountain, about seven kilometers away from Bitola, the second largest city in the country.
Dihovo | |
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Village | |
| Дихово | |
  Dihovo Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°02′N 21°16′E / 41.033°N 21.267°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Pelagonia |
| Municipality |  Bitola |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 310 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | BT |
| Website | . |
Demographics
editDihovo is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467/68 as a village in the vilayet of Manastir. The inhabitants attested largely bore mixed Slavic-Albanian anthroponyms, such as Pejo son of Gerg, Dabzhiv Gugur, Dimitri, son of Grnçar, Andreja Martin etc.[1]
In the early 19th century population of Dihovo was populated by Tosks, a subgroup of southern Albanians.[2]
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Dihovo was inhabited by 200 Christian Bulgarians and 260 Muslim Albanians.[3] According to the statistics of Bulgarian Exarchate secretary Dimitar Mishev (as D. M. Brancoff), the village had a total Christian population of 560 in 1905, of which all were Patriarchist Bulgarians.[4] It also had 1 Greek school.[4]
At the outbreak of the Balkan War in 1912, 3 people from Dihovo were volunteers in the Macedonian-Edirne militia. The village remained in Serbia after the Inter-Allied War in 1913.
In 1961 the village had 686 inhabitants.
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 310 inhabitants.[5] Ethnic groups in the village include:[5]
- Macedonians 305
- Serbs 3
- Others 2
Dihovo is a Macedonian village. In 1951, the families in village were:[6]
- Plosnikovci (24 houses) the oldest family in the village, originally from the village of Ivanjevci
- Skubevci (14 houses) originally from the village of Lera, Bitola
- Toncevci (7 houses) originally from a village near Korce in Albania. They think that their ancestors were orthodox Albanians, but mixed with orthodox Macedonians, and now speak only Macedonian
- Garagadzinja (5 houses) originally from the village of Gneotino
- Jankulovci (2 houses)
- Janevci (13 houses)
- Gluvcevi (11 houses)
- Temelkovci (6 houses)
- Savini (6 houses)
- Bogojevci (5 houses)
- Vuckovi (5 houses)
- Kotovci (4 houses)
- Damevci (2 houses) all of them with unknown origin. All settled in Dhivovo in the 19th century.
References
edit- ^ Murati, Qemal (2022). "EMRA VETJAKË TË PROVENIENCËS SHQIPTARE NË VILAJETIN E MANASTIRIT NË DRITËN E DEFTERËVE OSMANË TË SHEK. XV". Studime Albanologjike. ITSH: 35.
DIHOVO Pejo, i biri i Gerg-it; Dabizhiv Gugur (regjistruar Krkur); Andreja Martin; Dimitri, i biri i Andreja-s; Dimitri, i biri i Mihal-it; Dimitri, i biri i Grnçar-it.
- ^ Indogermanische Gesellschaft (1929). Indogermanisches Jahrbuch, Vol. 13. Karl J. Trübner. p. 183. "Monastir (Bitol) auch für das Studium des Alb. geeignet: Ostrec (11 km von Monastir), Zlokućani haben geg., Dihovo, Bratindol, Magarevo, Ramna, Kažani, Dolenci, Lera, Crnovec, Drevenik, Murgašovo tosk. Bevölkerung. Die tosk."
- ^ Vasil Kanchov (1900), Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 239.
- ^ a b D. M. Brancoff, La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne, p. 166
- ^ 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. 70.
- ^ Trifunoski, Jovan, F. (1998). Bitoljsko-Prilepska Kotlina. Belgrade.
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