Saždevo Explained

Saždevo
Native Name:	Саждево Sazhdevë
Settlement Type:	Village
Pushpin Map:	North Macedonia
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location within North Macedonia
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Pelagonia
Subdivision Type2:	Municipality
Population As Of:	2021
Population Total:	476
Timezone:	CET
Utc Offset:	+1
Timezone Dst:	CEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+2
Coordinates:	41.45°N 37°W
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Website:	.
Blank Name:	Car plates
Blank Info:	BT

Saždevo (Macedonian: Саждево, Albanian: Sazhdevë) is a village in the municipality of Kruševo, North Macedonia.

Demographics

Saždevo has traditionally and exclusively been populated by Muslim Albanians.^[1]

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Saždevo was inhabited by 130 Muslim Albanians.^[2]

According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 476 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:^[3]

• Albanians 222
• Turks 221
• Bosniaks 6
• Others 27

Year	Macedonian	Albanian	Turks	Romani	Vlachs	Serbs	Bosniaks	Others	Total
2002	...	184	207	...	...	...	...	2	393
2021	...	222	221	...	...	...	6	27	476

Notes and References

1. Book: Godišen zbornik. Volumes 17-18. 1969. Univerzitet vo Skopje. Geografski institut. 171. "Чисто албански села сега се: Арматуш, Кишава, Острец, Злокуќани, Снегово, Старо Змирново, Саждево, Јакреново, Борино, Норово, Древеник. При ослободувањето од турското владеење во 1912 г. оваа област имала повеќе чисто албански села."
2. Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 236.
3. Macedonian Census (2021), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021