Neprošteno Explained

Neprošteno
Native Name:Непроштено
Nepreshten
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:North Macedonia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within North Macedonia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1: Polog
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2: Tearce
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:1309
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:42.05°N 22°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Website:.
Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:TE

Neprošteno (Macedonian: Непроштено, Albanian: Nepreshten) is a village in the municipality of Tearce, North Macedonia.

History

According to Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov in 1900 the village was home to 680 inhabitants of which 580 were Bulgarian Orthodox and 100 Albanian Muslims. [1]

According to revolutionary and ethnographer Gyorche Petrov Neprošteno is divided by a small river into 2 mahalas, one Macedonian the other inhabited by Albanians who at the time were characterized as being involved in banditry. The Macedonian mahala is on the right side and the Albanian on the left side of the river, the village exported beans, fruit but most famously chestnuts, and had two churches, one old and one new.[2]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Neprošteno was inhabited by 584Macedonians, 316 Muslim Albanians and 178 Serbs.[3]

During the inter-ethnic conflict in 2001 4 ethnic Macedonian inhabitants of the village were kidnapped by the NLA whose whereabouts are unknown to this day.[4]

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,309 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kanchov . Vasil . Македония. Етнография и Статистика . Македония. Етнография и Статистика . 18 June 2022.
  2. Web site: Petrov . Gyorche . Г. Петров/, Материали по изучаването на Македония, София, 1896 г . 25 June 2022.
  3. http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm
  4. Web site: Missing Macedonians Remain Stuck in Freezer . Balkan Insight . 18 June 2022.
  5. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 185.