Konopište, North Macedonia Explained

Konopište
Native Name:Конопиште
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:North Macedonia
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within North Macedonia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1: Vardar
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2: Kavadarci
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:55
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:41.25°N 27°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
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Blank Name:Car plates

Konopište is a village in the Municipality of Kavadarci, situated in the center of the vinegary region of Tikveš, North Macedonia. Until 2004, it was the seat of Konopište Municipality.

Demographics

According to the statistics of the Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900 the settlement is recorded as Konopišta (Конопища) and as having 742 inhabitants, 710 being Christian Bulgarians, 18 Christian Albanians and 14 Romani.[1] In the 1905 Austrian ethnographic map of the region of Macedonia, Konopište appears as being inhabited by an Exarchist Orthodox Macedonian Slavic majority and an Orthodox Christian Albanian minority.[2] According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 55 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]

Notes

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Notes and References

  1. http://macedonia.kroraina.com/vk/index.html Vasil Kanchov. "Macedonia. "Ethnography and statistics." Sofia, 1900, p. 153
  2. ÖStA HHStA, PA XII Türkei Liasse XXV. Kt. 272. Zur Detailbeschreibung von Makedonien. Beilage 4.
  3. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 115.