Čepigovo / Chepigovo | |
Native Name: | Чепигово |
Native Name Lang: | mk |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Image Alt: | Čepigovo is a village in Municipality of Prilep, North Macedonia. |
Pushpin Map: | North Macedonia |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within North Macedonia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Pelagonia |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Prilep |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 750 |
Population Total: | 149[1] |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Postal Code: | 7524 |
Area Code: | +389484XXXXX |
Čepigovo is a village in Municipality of Prilep, North Macedonia.
The village is located in Prilep valley, of the broader Pelagonia valley, located 22.5 km southwest of Prilep.
Close to the village are the remains of the ancient city of Stibera, which existed from the 3rd century BC, until the 3rd century AD.
The village is mentioned in the Turkish census books from 1467/68, as part of the Vilayet-I Prilepe, under the name Čapugo, where 50 families and 2 unmarried men lived, all Christians.
It used to be part of the former municipality of Topolčani.
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 162 inhabitants.
Ethnic groups in the village include:[2]
The following table is a summary of the demographics 1900-2002:[3]
All of the families have settled from elsewhere:[6]
Debresliovci, settled from Debrešte in the 19th century; Bilevci, and Rtovci, formerly a single family, settled in the 19th century from the village of Poeševo, near Bitola; Marijovci, settled from a village in Mariovo; Belocrkvanci, settled after 1912 from the village of Bela Crkva, there they were named Prčkovci; Ilinci, settled from Ilino (Golemo or Malo); and Smilevci, settled from Babino, near Demir Hisar.