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Vogjani
Vogjani ( mk, Воѓани, also transliterated ') is a small village situated in North Macedonia. It lies at the end of a cluster of villages including Bela Crkva and Krušeani. The river Crna runs alongside the village. Its position makes it the final village in its part of the Municipality of Krivogaštani (within the Pelagonia statistical region), with bordering Bučin further down the Crna being in the neighbouring Kruševo Municipality. The settlement has an absolute Macedonian majority. The village has a post office and has a rail link with the municipality (''opština'') of Demir Hisar. The rail link continues to the village of Sopotnica and was constructed in late 1950. The line was a link between the upper Demir Hisar region and the Bakarno Gumno exchange, which was then included within the rest of the wider rail network. Demographics Vogjani appears in the 1467-68 Ottoman defter. The registered inhabitants displayed Slavic anthroponymy alongside mixed Slavic-Alba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krivogaštani Municipality
Krivogaštani Municipality ( mk, ) is a municipality in the western part of North Macedonia. '' Krivogaštani'' is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. This municipality is part of the Pelagonia Statistical Region. Geography The municipality borders Kruševo Municipality to the west, Dolneni Municipality to the north, Prilep Municipality to the east, and Mogila Municipality to the south. Demographics According to the last national census from 2021, the municipality has 5,167 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the municipality include: Inhabited places The main village of Krivogaštani is located along the main route from Prilep to Kruševo. Other villages within this municipality include Bela Crkva, Borotino, Godivje, Korenica, Krivogaštani, Krušeani, Obršani, Pašino Ruvci, Podvis, Slavej, Vogjani Vogjani ( mk, Воѓани, also transliterated ') is a small village situated in North Macedonia. It lies at the end of a cluster of villages includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 206 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 UN member states, 2 UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 11 other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (16 states, of which there are 6 UN member states, 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and 9 de facto states), and states having a special political status (2 states, both in free association with New Zealand). Compiling a list such as this can be a complicated and controversial process, as there is no definition that is binding on all the members of the community of nations concerni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crna River (Vardar)
Crna River ( mk, , Crna Reka, "Black River") is a river in North Macedonia. It is the right tributary of the Vardar River. It runs through much of the south and west of the country. Its source is in the mountains on the western part of North Macedonia, northwest of Demir Hisar. It enters the Pelagonia valley at the village of Buchin and then flows through the village Sopotnica, and southwards through the plains east of Bitola. At Brod (Novaci Municipality) it turns northeast. It leaves the Pelagonia valley at the Staravina village and goes in the biggest canyon in North Macedonia, the Skočivir valley and flows into the Vardar River between Rosoman and Gradsko. Thus, the river makes a bend of almost 180 degrees east of Bitola. This bend was part of the Macedonian front in World War I. It was known to the allied forces as the ''Cerna Bend'' or ''Cerna Loop'', and two major battles were fought here: the Battle of the Cerna Bend (1916) and the Battle of the Crna Bend (1917). Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sopotnica, Demir Hisar
Sopotnica ( mk, Сoпoτница) is a village in North Macedonia. It used to be a separate municipality but is now part of the Demir Hisar Municipality. The area of Sopotnica includes a mix of rural and urban environments. Settled areas range from smaller villages such as Boište, Cerovo and Virovo, located in the mountainous area of Sopotnica, to places with elements of urban living, such as Sopotnica, the administrative centre of the former Municipality of Sopotnica. A key characteristic of the area is the contrast between the wild landscapes and the man-made features of cultivated areas. The area of Sopotnica is rich in natural resources, and has significant cultural and historical heritage. Demography Demographic history According to Vasil Kanchov's study of Macedonia in 1900, ''"Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics"'', ( bg, Македония. Етнография и статистика, translit=Makedoniya. Etnografiya i statistika), counted the village as having ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demir Hisar Municipality
Demir Hisar ( mk, Демир Хисар ) is a municipality in the southwestern part of North Macedonia. '' Demir Hisar'', which means "iron fortress" in Turkish, is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Demir Hisar municipality is part of the Pelagonia Statistical Region. Geography The municipality borders Kičevo Municipality to the north, Kruševo Municipality and Mogila Municipality to the east, Bitola Municipality to the south, and Resen Municipality, Ohrid Municipality The Municipality of Ohrid ( mk, Општина Охрид) is a municipality in the southwestern part of North Macedonia. ''Ohrid'' is also the name of the city where the municipal seat is found. Ohrid Municipality is in the Southwestern Statisti ..., and Debarca Municipality to the west. Demographics According to the last national census from 2021 this municipality has 7,260 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the municipality include: References External linksOfficial website ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macedonians (ethnic Group)
Macedonians ( mk, Македонци, Makedonci) are a nation and a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to the region of Macedonia (region), Macedonia in Southeast Europe. They speak Macedonian language, Macedonian, a South Slavic language. The large majority of Macedonians identify as Eastern Orthodox Christians, who speak a South Slavic language, and share a cultural and historical "Orthodox Byzantine–Slavic heritage" with their neighbours. About two-thirds of all ethnic Macedonians live in North Macedonia and there are also Macedonian diaspora, communities in a number of other countries. The concept of a Macedonian ethnicity, distinct from their Orthodox Balkan neighbours, is seen to be a comparatively newly emergent one. The earliest manifestations of an incipient Macedonian identity emerged during the second half of the 19th century among limited circles of Slavic-speaking intellectuals, predominantly outside the region of Macedonia. They arose after the Firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kruševo Municipality
Kruševo Municipality ( mk, Крушево ; sq, Krushevë; rup, Crushuva) is a municipality in the central region of North Macedonia. ''Kruševo'' is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. This municipality is part of the Pelagonia Statistical Region. Geography The municipality borders Plasnica Municipality to the northwest, Makedonski Brod Municipality to the north, Dolneni Municipality and Krivogaštani Municipality to the east, Mogila Municipality to the south, and Demir Hisar Municipality and Kičevo Municipality to the west. Demographics A large part of the Macedonian population in Kruševo originate from Lazaropole and descend from Mijaks, a Macedonian sub-group who settled in the town alongside the Aromanians by the middle of the nineteenth century. Aromanians settled in Kruševo in addition to Orthodox Albanian refugees often in groups of families and led by a priest fleeing the 18th century socio-political and economic crises in what is now sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bučin
Bučin (Macedonian Cyrillic: Бучин) is a village which lies in the Municipality of Kruševo, Kruševo district of North Macedonia on both banks of the Crna River (Vardar), Crna River. The village maintains a distinct bridge built in the Ottoman Empire, and is home to a unique old building constructed above the surface of the Crna River. The village now known as Bucin was part of the land of Ancient Macedonia called Alcomenae or Alkomenai which was a town of the Deuriopes on the Erigon, in the Pelagonia Region in Ancient Macedonia. Its site is tentatively located near modern Bučin (Buchin) in North Macedonia. The main produce of the village is onions. Peppers, tomatoes, leeks, tobacco, garlic and beans are also grown. Demographics According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 522 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2021) ''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion'' The State Statist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelagonia Statistical Region
The Pelagonia Statistical Region ( mk, Пелагониски Регион) is one of eight statistical regions of North Macedonia. It is located in southwestern part of the country along the eponymous plain. It borders Greece and Albania. Internally, it borders the Southwestern and Vardar statistical regions. Municipalities Pelagonia statistical region is divided into 9 municipalities: *Bitola * Demir Hisar *Dolneni *Krivogaštani *Kruševo * Mogila * Novaci *Prilep * Resen Demographics Population The population of the Pelagonia Statistical Region is 238,136 citizens, or 11.8% of the population of the Republic of North Macedonia, according to the census of 2002. Ethnicities The largest ethnic group in the region are Macedonians. See also *Pelagonia Pelagonia ( mk, Пелагонија, Pelagonija; el, Πελαγονíα, Pelagonía) is a geographical region of Macedonia named after the ancient kingdom. Ancient Pelagonia roughly corresponded to the present-day m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipality Of Krivogaštani
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district. The term is derived from French and Latin . The English word ''municipality'' derives from the Latin social contract (derived from a word meaning "duty holders"), referring to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into the Roman state (granting Roman citizenship to the inhabitants) while permitting the communities to retain their own local governments (a limited autonomy). A municipality can be any political jurisdiction, from a sovereign state such as the Principality of Monaco, to a small village such as West Hampton Dunes, New York. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krušeani
Krusheani ( Macedonian: Крушеани) is a village in the Krivogaštani municipality (near Prilep) in North Macedonia. Demographics Krušeani appears in the 1467-68 Ottoman defter. The register displayed a largely mixed Slavic-Albanian anthroponymy, with instances of individuals bearing both Slavic and Albanian names. The names are: ''Gjon son of Dimitri, Stojko son of Dominiko, Pejo son of Dominiko, Nikola son of Jorgjo, Gura son of Dominiko, Gjergji son of Spasa''. According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 578 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002) ''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion'' The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 125. * Macedonians 574 *Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
