Malčište (Macedonian: Малчиште, Albanian: Malçisht) is a village in the municipality of Studeničani, North Macedonia.
Malčište
Малчиште Malçisht | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Village of Malčište | |
  Malčište Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°53′N 21°23′E / 41.883°N 21.383°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Skopje |
| Municipality |  Studeničani |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 38 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | SK |
| Website | . |
Name
editThe name stems from the Albanian word for mountains, mal[1]
Demographics
editAccording to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Malčište appears as being inhabited by an Orthodox Christian population. Some families had a mixed Slavic-Albanian anthroponomy. The names are:Niko son of Dom-ina, Radoslav son of Dom-ina, Hranislav son of Dona, Bojko son of Dona, Gropça son of Goja, Radislav son of Dominiko, Spana (Stana) widow.[2]
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Malčište was inhabited by 90 Muslim Albanians.[3] On the 1927 ethnic map of Leonhard Schulze-Jena, the village is shown as an Albanian village.[4] The Yugoslav census of 1953 recorded 194 people of whom 135 were Albanians, 52 Turks and 7 Macedonians.[5] The 1961 Yugoslav census recorded 159 people of whom were 158 Turks and 1 Albanian.[5] The 1971 census recorded 51 people of whom were Turks.[5] The 1981 Yugoslav census recorded 69 people of whom were 47 Turks, 17 Albanians, 1 Macedonian and 4 others.[5] The Macedonian census of 1994 recorded 7 Turks.[5]
According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 38 inhabitants.[6] Ethnic groups in the village include:[6]
- Albanians 12
- Others 26
| Year | Macedonian | Albanian | Turks | Romani | Vlachs | Serbs | Bosniaks | Others | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | ... | 9 | 51 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 60 |
| 2021 | ... | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26 | 38 |
References
edit- ^ Rexha, Iljaz (2011). "Vendbanimet dhe popullsia albane gjatë mesjetës në hapësirën e Maqedonisë së sotme: Sipas burimeve sllave dhe osmane". Gjurmime Albanologjike: Seria e Shkencave Historike (41–42): 96.
- ^ Rexha, Iljaz (2012). "POPULLSIA ALBANE GJATË MESJETËS NË HAPSIRËN E MAQEDONISË SË SOTME" (43): 22.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 209.
- ^ Schultze Jena, Leonhard. Makedonien: Landschafts- und Kulturbilder. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1927
- ^ a b c d e Sherafedin Kaso (2005). The settlements with Muslim population in Macedonia. Logos-A. p. 205. ISBN 978-9989-58-155-7..
- ^ a b Macedonian Census (2021), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021
