Patiška Reka ( mk, Патишка Река, sq, Patishka Rekë) 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 Sopište,

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Demographics

In the 19th century some Christian Albanian speaking villagers from

Upper Reka Upper Reka ( mk, Горна Река, Gorna Reka; ), meaning "Upper river", is a geographic and ethnographic subregion of the broader Reka region of western North Macedonia, including settlements within the upper left portion of the Municipali ...

migrated to Patiška Reka where they constituted the local Orthodox village population and remained Albanian speaking until World War Two, "Por edhe sipas të dhënave të P. Skokut, nga viti 1941, ''gratë shqiptare nga vendet e banimit të luginës së Shkupit'' (me origjinë nga Reka e Epërme – Q.M.) ''flisnin vetëm shqip, me gjithë simbiozën me popullsinë sllave dhe fenë e përbashkët ortodokse...Në Patishkë nuk flasin serbo-maqedonisht as ato gra shqiptare që janë të fesë ortodokse (Skok 1978)''. P. Skok, during 1941, ''the Albanian women from the areas of residence within the valley of Skopje'' (with origins from Upper Reka - Q.M.) ''spoke only Albanian, with all the symbiosis with the Slavic population and shared Orthodox religion ... In Patishka they do not speak Serbian-Macedonian nor those Albanian women who are of the Orthodox religion (Skok 1978)''.]" living among Muslim Albanians before relocating to Skopje thereafter. "Patishka - Reka (Патишка Река). Fshati ka qenë i banuar me shqiptarë të krishterë dhe shqiptarë myslimanë. Tani aty jetojnë vetëm shqiptarë të konfesionit mysliman, ndërsa shqiptarët e krishterë janë shpërngulur pas vitit 1945. [Patishka - Reka (Патишка Река). The village has been inhabited by Christian Albanians and Muslim Albanians. Now there resides only Albanians Muslims, and Christian Albanians were migrated after 1945.]... Dihet se fshati ka qenë i banuar edhe me shqiptarë të krishterë (ortodoksë) edhe me shqiptarë myslimanë. Një informator me emrin Bajram thoshte: "Ne zhakun (gjakun) t'përziet e kena. Shqiptarët e krishterë janë shpërngulur në Shkup pas vitit 1945 e mëtej dhe të gjithë e kanë humbur identitetin kombëtar shqiptar, janë maqedonizuar. Shqiptarë të krishterë në këtë fshat ka pasur deri në vitet 60-ta. [It is known that the village was inhabited by Albanians who were Christian (Orthodox) and by Muslim Albanians. One informant called Bayram said: "In our blood we were mixed. Christian Albanians have moved to Skopje after 1945 onwards and have lost all of the Albanian national identity, and have become Macedonian. There were Albanian Christians in this village up until the 1960s."] As of the 2021 North Macedonia census, 2021 census, Patiška Reka had 231 residents with the following ethnic composition:Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
/ref> *Albanians 191 *Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 39 *Turks 1 According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 579 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. 174. *

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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