Drugovo Explained

Drugovo
Native Name:Другово
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:North Macedonia
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within North Macedonia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1: Southwestern
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2: Kičevo
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:1,545
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Website:.
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:KI

Drugovo (Macedonian: {{Audio|Mk-Drugovo.ogg|Другово) is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia. It was the seat of the now-defunct Drugovo Municipality.

Name

The village in Albanian is known as Drugovë.

History

After the capture of the village by Partisan forces, 24 Albanian men were executed by the incoming communist forces, with the pretext of cooperating with Fascisct forces.[1]

Demographics

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Drugovo was inhabited by 260 Muslim Albanians.[2]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Drugovo was inhabited by a total of 588 people, 537 of whom were Muslim Albanians and 51 Macedonians.[3]

The Yugoslav census of 1948 recorded 537 people of whom 478 were Albanians and 59 Macedonians. The Yugoslav census of 1953 recorded 610 people of whom 358 were Turks, 179 Albanians, 70 Macedonians and 3 others. The 1961 Yugoslav census recorded 606 people of whom 412 were Macedonians, 141 Turks, 46 Albanians and 7 others. The 1971 census recorded 944 people of whom 764 were Macedonians, 151 Turks, 19 Albanians and 13 others. The 1981 Yugoslav census recorded 1291 people of whom 1046 were Macedonians, 149 Turks, 55 Bosniaks, 32 Albanians and 9 others.

The Macedonian census of 1994 recorded 1398 people of whom 1171 were Macedonians, 153 Turks, 61 Albanians and 13 others.[4]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,492 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:[5]

As of the 2021 census, Drugovo had 1,545 residents with the following ethnic composition:[6]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hyseni . Safet . Varrezat masive në Kërçovë dhe rrethinë . 2007 . DEA . Kičevo . 9789989143373 . 147-148.
  2. Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 256.
  3. http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm
  4. Book: Sherafedin Kaso. The settlements with Muslim population in Macedonia. 2005. Logos-A. 978-9989-58-155-7. 92. .
  5. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 99.
  6. https://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/en/MakStat/MakStat__Popisi__Popis2021__NaselenieVkupno__PodatociNaselenie/T1503P21.px/table/tableViewLayout2/?rxid=cc8e0490-07b6-4002-adf4-9b4891b66655 Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021