Selce (, ) is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in the
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
of
Tetovo
Tetovo (, ; , sq-definite, Tetova) is a city in the northwestern part of North Macedonia, built on the foothills of Šar Mountain and divided by the Pena (river), Pena River. The municipality of Tetovo covers an area of at above sea level, wit ...
,
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the n ...
.
History
Selce is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of
Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 47 Christian households and 2 bachelors.
According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, the inhabitants of Selce exhibit Orthodox Christian Slavic anthroponyms.
Demographics
According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 2.239 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 are an ethnic group native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, Albanian culture, culture, Albanian history, history and Albanian language, language. They are the main ethnic group of Albania and Kosovo, ...
2.149
*Others 90
According to the 1942 Albanian
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*Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular:
**Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans
**Albanian language
**Albanian culture
**Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...
census, Selce was inhabited by 712 Muslim Albanians
Islam arrived in Albania mainly during the Ottoman period when the majority of Albanians over time converted to Islam under Ottoman rule. Following the Albanian National Awakening (Rilindja) tenets and the de-emphasis of religious traditi ...
.
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov
Vasil Kanchov (26 July 1862 – 6 February 1902) was a geographer, ethnographer and teacher who served as Minister of Education of Bulgaria.
Early life and education
Vasil Kanchov was born in Vratsa. Upon graduating from High school i ...
in 1900, the village of Selce was inhabited by 500 Muslim Albanians.[Vasil Kanchov (1900). ]
Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics
'. Sofia. p. 264.
References
External links
Villages in Tetovo Municipality
Albanian communities in North Macedonia
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