Dolno Količani Explained

Dolno Količani
Official Name:Долно Количани
Native Name:Aşagı Koliçan
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:2012
Population Total:1831
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:41.8833°N 50°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Website:.
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:SK

Dolno Količani (Macedonian: Долно Количани) is a village in the municipality of Studeničani, North Macedonia.

Demographics

On the 1927 ethnic map of Leonhard Schulze-Jena, the village is shown as an Albanian village.[1]

Dolno Količani has traditionally been inhabited by a Torbeš population. The village appears in 15th century Ottoman documents written in the form of Dollna Kluçani.[2] During the great migration movements in Macedonia at the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th centuries, Muslims left the Debar area for the central regions of Macedonia and established themselves in villages such as Dolno Količani located in the Skopje area.[3] [4]

According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 1.831 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:[5]

YearMacedonianAlbanianTurksRomaniVlachsSerbsBosniaksOthersTotal
2002111.507............11.510
2021...121.739.........11691.831

Notes and References

  1. Schultze Jena, Leonhard. Makedonien: Landschafts- und Kulturbilder. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1927
  2. MIKROTOPONIMIA E KARSHIAKËS SË SHKUPIT/edicioni i dytë X Idrizi Shkup, 2017. page 44 "Emrin e këtij fshati e hasim edhe në dokumentet turke195 të shekullit XV tëshkruar në trajtën Dollna Kluçani."
  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, 46].
  5. Macedonian Census (2021), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021