Čajlane ( mk, Чајлане, sq, Çajlanë) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in the

municipality 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 go ...

of Saraj,

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...

Demographics

According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Čajlane appears as being inhabited by an Orthodox Albanian population. 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: Gjini star (old man), Nikola the son of Gjin, Gjurko the son of Gjin, Nikola the son of Dan-ko, Dimitri his brother, Rada the son of Dral, Radoslav the son of Sotir, Dan-ço son of Vlad, Gjurja his brother, Stanisha son of Dopsi, Gjuro his brother. According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 639 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 Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021 *

Albanians The Albanians (; sq, Shqiptarët ) are an ethnic group and nation native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, culture, history and language. They primarily live in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Se ...

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Villages in Saraj Municipality Albanian communities in North Macedonia {{Saraj-geo-stub