Konjari Explained

Konjari
Native Name:Коњари
Kojnare
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Republic of Macedonia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within North Macedonia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1: Southwestern
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2: Debar
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:0
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:41.5231°N 20.4808°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
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Blank Name:Car plates
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Konjari (Macedonian: Коњари, Albanian: Kojnare) is an uninhabited village in the municipality of Debar, North Macedonia.

History

In 1224, an Albanian landowner by the name of Gjergj Skorra was explicitly mentioned in correspondence by the archbishop of Ohrid. He is believed to have owned lands in and around Konjar as a vassal of the noble Albanian Gropa family, and there is still a local tribe in the region known as 'Skorra'.[1]

Demographics

The 1971 Yugoslav census was the last to record any people as residing in the village which contained 415 inhabitants, of which 414 were Albanians and 1 Macedonian.[2] According to the 2002 census, the village had 0 inhabitants.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Xhufi . Pëllumb . Maqedonia Perëndimore në historinë e arbërve të shek. V I I - XV . Qendra e Studimeve Albanologjike . 2011 . 1-2 . 7-24 .
  2. Book: Sherafedin Kaso. The settlements with Muslim population in Macedonia. 2005. Logos-A. 978-9989-58-155-7. 156.
  3. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 89.