Jablanica, Struga Explained

Jablanica
Official Name:Јабланица
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: Struga
Elevation M:831
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:553
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Area Code:+38946
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:SU

Jablanica (Macedonian: Јабланица) is a village in the municipality of Struga, North Macedonia.

Demographics

Jablanica appears in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a hass-ı mir-liva property in the vilayet of Dulgoberda. The settlement had a total of 20 households and the anthroponymy attested depicts a mixed Albanian-Slavic character, with a slight predominance of personal names belonging to the Slavic onomastic sphere: Pop Jovani, Nikolla Susjaku, Viho son of Pop Jovan, Dimitri Lopi, Dimitri Vasko, Shagdo son of Gjinko, Andrija son of Prodan, Nikolla son of Vilkashin, Gjergj Forkaleci, Rajko Kuzini, Nikolla son of Pop Jovan, Gjure son of Shagdo, Dimitri son of Rajko Kuzini, Petko son of Dimitri Vasko, Gjurec son of Gjorgo, Alekoja son of Nikolla, Miho son of Dimitri, Dragoslav son of Nikolla, Miho son of Gjon, and Radoslav son of Prodan.[1]

Jablanica has traditionally been inhabited by Orthodox Christian Macedonians and a Torbeš population.[2]

According to the 1943 Albanian census, Jablanica was inhabited by 174 Muslim Albanians and 1092 Orthodox Macedonians.[3]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 553 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Caka . Eduart . Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467 . 2019 . Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë . Tiranë . 5.
  2. Book: Vidoeski, Božidar. Dijalektite na makedonskiot jazik. Vol. 1. 1998. Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite. 9789989649509. p. 333. "Исламизираните Македонци во струшките села Јабланица, Боро(в)ец, Октиси, Подгорци и Лабуништа живеат заедно со православното население".
  3. http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1943-struga-ethnicrel-loc.htm
  4. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 134.