Dračevo ( mk, Драчево) is a

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in the

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Kisela Voda Kisela Voda ( mk, Кисела Вода) is a suburb of the City of Skopje in the municipality of Kisela Voda, North Macedonia. Demographics According to the 2002 census, the suburb had a total of 84,625 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the suburb i ...

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 ...

. It is a suburb of

Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...

and one of the first major settlements in that region and has a fully developed socio-economical life. It is located 10 km south-east from the center of the city of Skopje. It was first mentioned in 1300 AD

Demographics

According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Dračevo appears as being inhabited by mixed Slavic-Albanian Orthodox population. Some families had a mixed anthroponomy - usually a Slavic first name and an Albanian last name or last names with Albanian patronyms and Slavic suffixes. The names are: Gjura Arbanas (Arnaut), Oliver son of Kolja, Stajo son of Stanko, Petro son of Krista, Dosa son of Span, Dano his brother, Todor son of Dragush, Nikola Arbanas, Pejo his son, Stepan son of Rajka, Marin his brother, Nikola Kumar. According to the statistics of the

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ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900, 1180 inhabitants lived in Dračevo, all

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. According to the Secretary of the

Bulgarian Exarchate The Bulgarian Exarchate ( bg, Българска екзархия, Balgarska ekzarhiya; tr, Bulgar Eksarhlığı) was the official name of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church before its autocephaly was recognized by the Ecumenical See in 1945 and th ...

Dimitar Mišev Dimitar ( bg, Димитър; Macedonian: Димитар) is a South Slavic masculine given name. It is widely found in Bulgaria and North Macedonia. Dimitar is derived from Saint Demetrius (280–306), alternate form of Demetrius. Containing the ...

("La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne"), in 1905 there were 1080

in Dračevo, labelled by him as ''exarchists''. In his 1927 map of

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explorer

Leonhard Schultze-Jena Leonhard Schultze-Jena (full name: Leonhard Sigmund Friedrich Kuno Klaus Schultze-Jena; born May 28, 1872 in Jena; died March 28, 1955 in Marburg) was a German explorer, zoologist, and anthropologist known for his explorations of German Southwe ...

shows Dračevo as

.Leonhard Schultze Jena. "Makedonien, Landschafts- und Kulturbilder", Jena, G. Fischer, 1927
/ref> Narodna nosija, Drachevo, 1930ti

According to the 2002 census, the suburb had a total of 10605 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the suburb include: * Macedonians 9269 *

Romani Romani may refer to: Ethnicities * Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia ** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule * Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...

276 * Turks 270 *

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. The majority of Serbs live in their na ...

225 *

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 ...

179 *

Bosniaks The Bosniaks ( bs, Bošnjaci, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, which is today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who share a common Bosnian ancestry ...

140 *

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28 *Others 218 Nearby the suburb Dračevo is the village of Dračevo, a rural extension of the settlement. According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 8641 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. 64. * Macedonians 7741 *

339 *

268 * Turks 106 *

64 *

22 *

16 *Others 85

Economy

The economy life is mildly developed, with a great perspective on further development. This is mainly because of the closeness to the city of Skopje, railroad station, close to the highway and supply of water.

Sports

There are two football clubs "

FK Dračevo FK Dračevo ( mk, ФК Драчево) is a Macedonian football club based in the town Dračevo in Skopje, North Macedonia. History The club was founded in 2003, they are recently competed in the Macedonian Third League The Macedonian Third L ...

" and " SSK" and the basketball clubs ''

KK Angeli KK Angeli is a professional basketball club in North Macedonia (Macedonian League). It was formed in 2006 Dracevo, Skopje. There are youth competitions (generations '91 '92 '93 '94 '95 ' 97). Angeli won silver and bronze medals in the season 2 ...

'' & ''KK Dracevo''. The team handball club RK Dračevo plays in the

Macedonian Handball Super League The Macedonian Handball Super League ( mk, Македонска Ракометна Супер Лига, Makedonska Rakometna Super Liga), is the top-tier team handball competition in North Macedonia. It is currently sponsored by VIP. As of 2018, ...

for the 2011–12 season.

References

External links

Kisela Voda Municipality Villages in Kisela Voda Municipality Neighbourhoods of Skopje {{KiselaVoda-geo-stub