Volkovija (Macedonian: Волковија, Albanian: Vallkavi) is a village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia.
Volkovija
Волковија Vallkavi | |
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Village | |
 Houses in the village Volkovija | |
  Volkovija Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°42′56″N 20°40′08″E / 41.71556°N 20.66889°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Polog |
| Municipality |  Mavrovo and Rostuša |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 21 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | GV |
| Website | . |
Demographics
editVolkovija (Vukovja) is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the ziamet of Reka which was under the authority of Karagöz Bey. The village had a total of six households and the anthroponymy recorded depicts an almost exclusively Albanian character: Progon Domi, Pop Radoslav, Kolë Domi, Kolë Domi the other, Andrije Domi, and Muzhava Domi.[1]
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Volkovija was inhabited by 120 Serbophone Orthodox Albanians 69 Muslim Albanians.[2]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 89 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]
- Albanians 80
- Macedonians 9
As of the 2021 census, Volkovija had 21 residents with the following ethnic composition:[4]
- Albanians 15
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 6
References
edit- ^ Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 126.
- ^ "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".
- ^ 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. 135.
- ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
