Pepelište (Macedonian: Пепелиште) is a village in the municipality of Negotino, North Macedonia. It is located in the Povardarie wine-growing region, along the river Vardar.
Pepelište
Пепелиште | |
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 View of the village | |
  Pepelište Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°31′07″N 22°07′43″E / 41.518701°N 22.128555°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Vardar |
| Municipality |  Negotino |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 1,070 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | NE |
| Climate | Cfa |
Demographics
editAccording to the statistics of Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900 the settlement is recorded as "Pepelišta" in which 984 inhabitants lived. 850 of them being Muslim Bulgarians, 80 being Christian Bulgarians and 54 being Romani.[1] On the 1927 ethnic map of Leonhard Schulze-Jena, the village is shown as a Muslim Bulgarian village.[2]According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,070 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]
- Macedonians 796
- Turks 33
- Serbs 194
- Romani 25
- Albanians
- Others 22
References
edit- ^ Vasil Kanchov. "Macedonia. "Ethnography and statistics." Sofia, 1900, p. 155
- ^ Schultze Jena, Leonhard. Makedonien: Landschafts- und Kulturbilder. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1927
- ^ 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. 142.