Malčište ( mk, Малчиште, sq, Malçisht) 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
Studeničani,
North Macedonia
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.
Name
The name stems from the Albanian word for mountains, ''mal''.
Demographics
According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Malčište appears as being inhabited by an Orthodox Christian population. Some families had a mixed Slavic-Albanian anthroponomy. The names are:Niko son of Dom-ina, Radoslav son of Dom-ina, Hranislav son of Dona, Bojko son of Dona, Gropça son of Goja, Radislav son of Dominiko, Spana (Stana) widow.
In statistics gathered by
Vasil Kanchov
Vasil Kanchov ( bg, Васил Кънчов, Vasil Kanchov) (26 July 1862 – 6 February 1902) was a Bulgarian geographer, ethnographer and politician.
Biography
Vasil Kanchov was born in Vratsa. Upon graduating from High school in Lom, ...
in 1900, the village of Malčište was inhabited by 90 Muslim Albanians. On the 1927 ethnic map of
Leonhard Schulze-Jena, the village is shown as an
Albanian
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**Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans
**Albanian language
**Albanian culture
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village.
[Schultze Jena, Leonhard. Makedonien: Landschafts- und Kulturbilder. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1927] The Yugoslav census of 1953 recorded 194 people of whom 135 were Albanians, 52 Turks and 7 Macedonians.
The 1961 Yugoslav census recorded 159 people of whom were 158 Turks and 1 Albanian.
The 1971 census recorded 51 people of whom were Turks.
The 1981 Yugoslav census recorded 69 people of whom were 47 Turks, 17 Albanians, 1 Macedonian and 4 others.
The Macedonian census of 1994 recorded 7 Turks.
[.]
According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 38 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 ...
12
*Others 26
References
Villages in Studeničani Municipality
Albanian communities in North Macedonia
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