Novo Selo, Kičevo Explained

Novo Selo
Native Name:Ново Село
Novosellë
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:North Macedonia
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within North Macedonia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1: Southwestern
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2: Kičevo
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:38
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:41.5867°N 21.0528°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
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Blank Name:Car plates
Blank Info:KI

Novo Selo (Macedonian: Ново Село, Albanian: Novosellë) is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Oslomej. The etymology of the village comes from Slavic languages meaning new village, Novo Selo.

History

After the capture of the village by Partisan forces in the autumn of 1944, 16 Albanian men, women and children were massacred by the incoming communist forces.[1]

Demographics

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Novo Selo was inhabited by a total of 260 Muslim Albanians, 58 Serbs, 26 Bulgarians.[2]

As of the 2021 census, Novo Selo had 38 residents with the following ethnic composition:[3]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 143 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hyseni . Safet . Varrezat masive në Kërçovë dhe rrethinë . 2007 . DEA . Kičevo . 9789989143373 . 111-113.
  2. http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm
  3. 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
  4. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 149.