Vogjani ( mk, Воѓани, also transliterated ') is a small village situated in
North Macedonia
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. It lies at the end of a cluster of villages including
Bela Crkva
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and
Krušeani. The river
Crna runs alongside the village. Its position makes it the final village in its part of the
Municipality of Krivogaštani (within the
Pelagonia statistical region
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), with bordering
Bučin further down the Crna being in the neighbouring
Kruševo Municipality
Kruševo Municipality ( mk, Крушево ; sq, Krushevë; rup, Crushuva) is a municipality in the central region of North Macedonia. ''Kruševo'' is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. This municipality is part of the ...
. The settlement has an absolute
Macedonian majority.
The village has a post office and has a rail link with the municipality (''opština'') of
Demir Hisar. The rail link continues to the village of
Sopotnica and was constructed in late 1950. The line was a link between the upper Demir Hisar region and the Bakarno Gumno exchange, which was then included within the rest of the wider rail network.
Demographics
Vogjani appears in the 1467-68 Ottoman defter. The registered inhabitants displayed Slavic anthroponymy alongside mixed Slavic-Albanian anthroponymy, with instances of individuals bearing both Slavic and Albanian names. The names are: ''Niko son of Gjergj, Niko Kalogjer, Nikola son of Pronko, Niko son of Pronko, (different individual), Tano son of Kojçin, Dimitri son of Gropça, Stajko son of Dança, Jani son of Kukurec, Mino son of Baldo (Baldus), Drala son of Boja.''.
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 454 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. 125.
* Macedonians 452
*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 ...
1
*Others 1
References
Villages in Krivogaštani Municipality
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