Gajre (Macedonian: Гајре, Albanian: Gajre) is a village in the municipality of Tetovo, North Macedonia.
Gajre | |
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Village | |
| Гајре | |
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  Gajre Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 42°01′N 20°57′E / 42.017°N 20.950°E | |
| Country | North Macedonia |
| Region | Polog |
| Municipality | Tetovo |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 633 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | TE |
| Website | . |
History
editAccording to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Gajre (then known as Garje or Gara) appears as being largely inhabited by an Orthodox Christian Albanian population. Due to Slavicisation, some families had a mixed Slav-Albanian anthroponomy - usually a Slavic first name and an Albanian last name or last names with Albanian patronyms and Slavic suffixes.
The names are: Shtefo Arbanas; Kola, his brother; Tashko, son of Shtefo; Dimetri, son of Kole; Nikolla, star; Gjon, his son; Jovan, his brother; Gjon, brother of Berishliq; Daba, his son; Gjon, son of Nikolla; Jovan, son of Nikolla; Vasil, son of Nikolla; Stepan, son of Nikolla; Todor, son of Nikolla; Niko, son of Kola; Cvetko, son of Kola; Kojlo Domazat; Dimitri, his son.[1]
Five soldiers were killed near the village on June 5, 2001, by National Liberation Army insurgents, which was one of the heaviest death tolls for the government forces in a single incident during the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia.
Demographics
editAccording to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 633 inhabitants.[2] Ethnic groups in the village include:[2]
- Albanians 607
- Others 26
| Year | Macedonian | Albanian | Turks | Romani | Vlachs | Serbs | Bosniaks | Others | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 6 | 1.009 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | 1.020 |
| 2021 | ... | 607 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26 | 633 |
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Gajre was inhabited by 717 Muslim Albanians.[3]
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Gajre was inhabited by 220 Muslim Albanians.[4]
References
edit- ^ Rexha, Iljaz (2012). "POPULLSIA ALBANE GJATË MESJETËS NË HAPSIRËN E MAQEDONISË SË SOTME" (43): 16.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b Macedonian Census (2021), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021
- ^ "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".
- ^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 264.
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