Official Name: | Čaloševo |
Nickname: | Valley of the Wolves |
Pushpin Map: | North Macedonia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within North Macedonia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Vardar |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Veles |
Area Total Km2: | 6.3 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Population Total: | 210 |
Population Density Km2: | 31.26 |
Elevation M: | 266 |
Elevation Ft: | 873 |
Timezone: | Central European |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | Central European |
Coordinates: | 41.7547°N 21.7961°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 1400 |
Area Code: | +389 043 |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Blank Info: | VE |
Čaloševo (Macedonian: Чалошево) is a village located in the northeast part of Veles Municipality in North Macedonia. It is estimated to have 197 inhabitants. The population is mostly engaged in agriculture, farming and construction. The young people are engaged in athletics and sports.
Name Čaloševo originates from the Turkish language and it was formerly known as Çalışlar.
Nikola Ognjanov ((1830-1835) - 1901)
Nikola Ognjanov who brought the first change in the village with its trading activities was one of the most merchants at the time that traded in Thessaloniki, Greece. In 1883 he won the award for the best trader in Veles region. Nikola Ognjanov was born in village Čaloševo. Unhappy died in 1901 in the village Čaloševo, was stabbed by a bull which was outraged.
Because Macedonia was under Ottoman rule, the same happened in the small village Čaloševo. The population in the village at that time was predominantly Muslim with less Christian. The village several Christian homes with these surnames (Ognjanovi, Tosevi, Gjoshevi, Ilcovi and Mokrovi). On the 1927 ethnic map of Leonhard Schulze-Jena, the village is written as "Čališlar" and shown as a mixed Turkish and Christian Bulgarian village.[1] The amount of Turks later reduced, particularly in a period of 1921-1958, they migrated completely to Türkiye. Today the population of Christian faith has about 70 families
As of the 2021 census, Čaloševo had 209 residents with the following ethnic composition:[2]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 210 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]