Cvetovo Explained

Cvetovo
Official Name:	Цветово
Settlement Type:	Village
Pushpin Map:	North Macedonia
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location within North Macedonia
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Skopje
Subdivision Type2:	Municipality
Subdivision Name2:	Studeničani
Population As Of:	2021
Population Total:	809
Timezone:	CET
Utc Offset:	+1
Timezone Dst:	CEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+2
Coordinates:	41.85°N 46°W
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Website:	.
Blank Name:	Car plates
Blank Info:	SK

Cvetovo (Macedonian: Цветово) is a village in the municipality of Studeničani, North Macedonia.

History

During the great migration movements in Macedonia at the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th centuries, Slavic-speaking Muslims left the Debar area for the central regions of Macedonia and established villages such as Cvetovo located in the Skopje area.

Demographics

On the 1927 ethnic map of Leonhard Schulze-Jena, the village is shown as an Albanian village.^[1] According to the 1929 ethnographic map by Russian Slavist Afanasy Selishchev, Cvetovo was an Albanian village.^[2]

In the second half of the 20th century Cvetovo, was inhabited by a Torbeš population.^{[3] [4]}

According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 809 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:^[5]

• Turks 592
• Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 215
• Albanians 1
• Others 1

Year^[6]	Macedonian	Albanian	Turks	Romani	Vlachs	Serbs	Bosniaks	Others	Total
1953	18	4	929	6	...	...	...	10	967
1961	1	...	518	...	...	...	...	...	519
1971	1	...	457	...	...	...	...	3	461
1981	...	...	609	...	...	...	...	1	610
1994	12	835	...	...	...	...	...	...	847
2002	...	...	805	...	...	...	...	2	807
2021	...	1	592	...	...	...	...	216	809

Notes and References

1. Schultze Jena, Leonhard. Makedonien: Landschafts- und Kulturbilder. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1927
2. http://promacedonia.org/seli_polog/as_polog_1_2.htm Афанасий Селищев. „Полог и его болгарское население. Исторические, этнографические и диалектологические очерки северо-западной Македонии“. – София, 1929, стр. 26.
3. Book: Vidoeski, Božidar. Dijalektite na makedonskiot jazik. Vol. 1. 1998. Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite. 9789989649509. p. 126. "Еден дел од торбешката група, кои на крајот на XVII век и во почетокот на XVIII-иот, во времето на големите миграциони движења во Македонија, ја напуштило старата територија (Дебарско) и се преселило во централните области на Македонија. Така се формирале шет торбешки села во Скопско (Пагаруша, Д. Количани, Држилово, Цветово, Елово, Умово) и две Велешко (Г. Врановци и Мелница)."
4. Book: Idrizi, Xhemaludin. Mikrotoponimia e Karshikës së Shkupit [Microtoponyms of Skopje's Karshiaka region|year=2003|location=Skopje|publisher=Interdiskont|url=https://www.academia.edu/13899777|isbn=9989-815-37-2|pages=17, 51].
5. Macedonian Census (2021), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021
6. Book: Sherafedin Kaso. The settlements with Muslim population in Macedonia. 2005. Logos-A. 978-9989-58-155-7. 60.