Gošince ( mk, Гошинце, sq, Goshincë) 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
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of
Lipkovo
Lipkovo ( mk, , sq, Likovë) is a village in North Macedonia. It is the seat of Lipkovo Municipality.
History
Lipkovo was a central strategic village during the 2001 armed conflict between the Albanian National Liberation Army and the Maced ...
,
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 ...
.
History
Descendants of the Krasniqi ''fis'' were recorded in the villages of Gošince,
Slupčane
Slupčane ( mk, Слупчане, sq, Sllupçan) is the largest village in the municipality of Lipkovo, North Macedonia.
History
Descendants of the Krasniqi ''fis'' were recorded in the villages of Gošince, Slupčane, Alaševce and Runica in ...
,
Alaševce
Alaševce ( mk, Алашевце, sq, Allashec) is a village in the municipality of Lipkovo, North Macedonia.
History
Descendants of the Krasniqi ''fis'' were recorded in the villages of Gošince, Slupčane, Alaševce and Runica in 1965.
Demogra ...
and
Runica
Runica ( mk, Руница; ) is a village in the Lipkovo municipality, in North Macedonia. In the Middle Ages, there was a village called Rućinci ( sr, Рућинци), which was one of the villages granted (''metochion'') by sevastokrator Dejan ...
in 1965.
Demographics
As of the
2021 census, Gošince had 167 residents with the following ethnic composition:
Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
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*Albanians 92
*Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 75
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 424 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. 131.
*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 ...
420
*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 ...
1
*Others 3
References
External links
Villages in Lipkovo Municipality
Albanian communities in North Macedonia
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