Tanuše (, ) is a
village
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in the
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
of
Mavrovo and Rostuša,
North Macedonia
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.
History
In 1913, the imam of Tanuše, Malik Mema was the leader of an uprising in
Upper Reka
Upper Reka (; ) is a geographic area and ethnographic subregion of the broader Reka region of western North Macedonia, including settlements within the upper left portion of the Municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša and of Gostivar Municipalit ...
against Serbian military forces that managed to free all villages up to
Zdunje
Zdunje (, , ) is a village in the municipality of Gostivar, North Macedonia.
History
Zdunje is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 20 Christian households, 1 widow and 1 ...
, near
Gostivar
Gostivar ( ; sq-definite, Gostivari) is a city in North Macedonia, located in the upper Polog valley region. It is the seat of one of the larger municipalities in the country with a population of 59,770, and the town also covers . Gostivar has ...
.
During the
2001 insurgency in northern Macedonia, Macedonian armed forces and police desecrated part of the interior of the village mosque so as to prevent possible usage by Albanian
National Liberation Army (NLA) units.
Due to the village of Tanuše being affected by the conflict, some residents migrated thereafter to other places.
[ "It is situated at the top of Korab, at an altitude of 1200 meters. The village mosque exists as a monument to the past. During 2001 the military-police forces of Macedonia desecrated the interior part of the mosque with the intention that it does not serve the NLA units. The head of the highlander uprising of Upper Reka in 1913 against the Serb forces has been the imam of this mosque, Malik Mema, who managed to free all villages all the way to Zdunje of Gostivar."][ "The same villages were inhabited a few decades ago by hundreds of locals, who mostly migrated to the nearby towns of Gostivar and Skopje, as well as abroad for work or (as in Tanushaj) as a consequence of a (minor) Macedonian portion of the last Yugoslavian Wars."]
Demographics
In statistics gathered by
Vasil Kanchov
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Early life and education
Vasil Kanchov was born in Vratsa. Upon graduating from High school i ...
in 1900, the village of Tanuše was inhabited by 350 Muslim Albanians.
As of the
2021 census, Tanuše had 2 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 2
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 16 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. 136.
*Albanians
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16
See also
* Tanush (name)
References
Villages in Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality
Albanian communities in North Macedonia
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