Držilovo Explained
| Držilovo |
| Official Name: | Држилово |
| 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: | Sopište |
| Population As Of: | 2002 |
| Population Total: | 362 |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | 41.85°N 42°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Website: | . |
| Blank Name: | Car plates |
| Blank Info: | SK |
Držilovo (Macedonian: Држилово) is a village in the municipality of Sopište, 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 Držilovo located in the Skopje area.
Demographics
On the 1927 ethnic map of Leonhard Schulze-Jena, Držilovo is shown as an Albanian village.[1] According to the 1929 ethnographic map by Russian Slavist Afanasy Selishchev, Držilovo was an Albanian village.[2]
In the second half of the 20th century, Držilovo was inhabited by a Torbeši population.[3] [4]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 362 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:[5]
Notes and References
- Schultze Jena, Leonhard. Makedonien: Landschafts- und Kulturbilder. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1927
- 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.
- 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)."
- 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, 52].
- Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 174.
