Mirkovci, North Macedonia Explained

Mirkovci
Native Name:Мирковци
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: Čučer-Sandevo
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:1,165
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:42.0943°N 21.4064°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Website:.
Blank Name:Car plates

Mirkovci (Macedonian: Мирковци) is a village in the municipality of Čučer-Sandevo, North Macedonia.

Demographics

According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Mirkovci appears as being inhabited by a Christian Albanian population. Some families had a mixed Slav-Albanian anthroponomy - usually a Slavic first name and an Albanian last name or last names with Albanian patronyms and Slavic suffixes.[1]

As of the 2021 census, Mirkovci had 1,165 residents with the following ethnic composition:[2]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 969 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]

Notes and References

  1. Rexha. Iljaz. POPULLSIA ALBANE GJATË MESJETËS NË HAPSIRËN E MAQEDONISË SË SOTME. Gjurmime Albanologjike. 43. 2012. 33 . The names are: Mark-o son of Gjon, Nikola son of Kond-iç, Oliver son of Sim-ko-s, Pepa son of Nikola, Milosh son of Goja, Niko son of Donko, Dabzhiv son of Dushman, Niko son of Drala, Lazar son of Dushaman, Goja son of Penush, Boj-ka son of Dralin, Dralin son of Petro, Stepan son of Çoçko, Novak son of Çoç-ko, Rel-in son of Gjon, Miretush star (old man), Ton-ka, star (old man), Dral-in siromah (poor), Ton-ka Mirça, Niko son of Dona..
  2. 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
  3. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 192.