Drenovo, Makedonski Brod Explained

Drenovo
Native Name:Дреново
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:North Macedonia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within North Macedonia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1: Southwestern
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2: Makedonski Brod
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:33
Coordinates:41.4653°N 21.2372°W
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2

Drenovo (Macedonian: Дреново) is a small village located in the municipality of Makedonski Brod, North Macedonia.

Name

The village is known as Drenovë in Albanian.

History

The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village had a total of 9 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred).[1]

During the Balkan wars, Serbian chetniks massacred 50 Albanian families in the village of Drenovo.[2]

Demographics

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Drenovo was inhabited by 220 Muslim Albanians.[3] According to the 1929 ethnographic map by Russian Slavist Afanasy Selishchev, Drenovo was an Albanian village.[4]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 33 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:[5]

According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 17 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:[6]

Notes and References

  1. Qerim Dalipi. "NAHIJA E KËRÇOVËS SIPAS REGJISTRIMIT TË VITEVE 1467-1468 (Aspekte shoqërore)". Gjurmime Albanologjike - Seria e shkencave historike 47:29-48.
  2. Halimi. Naim. Studime Albanologjike. SHQIPTARËT E MAQEDONISË NË LUFTËRAT BALLKANIKE (1912-1913). 2013 . ITSH. 78.
  3. Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 258.
  4. 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.
  5. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 169.
  6. Macedonian Census (2021), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021