Malčište Explained

Malčište
Native Name:Малчиште
Malçisht
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:North Macedonia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within North Macedonia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1: Skopje
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2: Studeničani
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:38
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:41.8833°N 44°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Website:.
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:SK

Malčište (Macedonian: Малчиште, Albanian: Malçisht) is a village in the municipality of Studeničani, North Macedonia.

Name

The name stems from the Macedonian word for small

Demographics

According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Malčište appears as being inhabited by an Orthodox Christian population. Some families had a mixed Slavic-Albanian anthroponomy. The names are:Niko son of Dom-ina, Radoslav son of Dom-ina, Hranislav son of Dona, Bojko son of Dona, Gropça son of Goja, Radislav son of Dominiko, Spana (Stana) widow.[1]

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Malčište was inhabited by 90 Muslim Albanians.[2] On the 1927 ethnic map of Leonhard Schulze-Jena, the village is shown as an Albanian village.[3] The Yugoslav census of 1953 recorded 194 people of whom 135 were Albanians, 52 Turks and 7 Macedonians. The 1961 Yugoslav census recorded 159 people of whom were 158 Turks and 1 Albanian. The 1971 census recorded 51 people of whom were Turks. The 1981 Yugoslav census recorded 69 people of whom were 47 Turks, 17 Albanians, 1 Macedonian and 4 others. The Macedonian census of 1994 recorded 7 Turks.[4]

According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 38 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:[5]

YearMacedonianAlbanianTurksRomaniVlachsSerbsBosniaksOthersTotal
2002...951...............60
2021...12...............2638

Notes and References

  1. Rexha. Iljaz. POPULLSIA ALBANE GJATË MESJETËS NË HAPSIRËN E MAQEDONISË SË SOTME. 43. 2012. 22.
  2. Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 209.
  3. Schultze Jena, Leonhard. Makedonien: Landschafts- und Kulturbilder. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1927
  4. Book: Sherafedin Kaso. The settlements with Muslim population in Macedonia. 2005. Logos-A. 978-9989-58-155-7. 205. .
  5. Macedonian Census (2021), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021

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