Musinci Explained

Musinci
Native Name:Мусинци
Musaobası
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:North Macedonia
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within North Macedonia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1: Pelagonia
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2: Mogila
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:302
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
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Blank Name:Car plates
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Musinci (Macedonian: Мусинци, Turkish: Musaobası) is a village in the municipality of Mogila, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Dobruševo.

Demographics

In the 1905 Austrian ethnographic map of the region of Macedonia, Musinci appears as being inhabited by an Exarchist Orthodox Macedonian Slavic majority as well as a Turkish Muslim and Orthodox Christian Albanian minority.[1]

The Yugoslav census of 1953 recorded 1222 people of whom 1200 were Turks, 18 Macedonians, 1 Albanian and 3 others. The 1961 Yugoslav census recorded 575 people of whom 480 were Macedonians, 90 Turks, 4 Albanians and 7 others. The 1971 census recorded 396 people of whom 361 were Macedonians, 31 Turks, 1 Albanian and 3 others. The 1981 Yugoslav census recorded 388 people of whom 353 were Macedonians, 21 Turks, 13 Bosniaks and 2 others. The Macedonian census of 1994 recorded 309 people of whom 284 were Macedonians, 24 Turks and 1 Albanian.[2]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 302 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]

Notes and References

  1. ÖStA HHStA, PA XII Türkei Liasse XXV. Kt. 272. Zur Detailbeschreibung von Makedonien. Beilage 4.
  2. Book: Sherafedin Kaso. The settlements with Muslim population in Macedonia. 2005. Logos-A. 978-9989-58-155-7. 219.
  3. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 95.