Staro Zmirnovo Explained

Staro Zmirnovo
Native Name:Старо Змирново
Smirnovë e Vjetër
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
Subdivision Name2: Bitola
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:0
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:41.1°N 39°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
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Blank Name:Car plates
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Staro Zmirnovo (Macedonian: Старо Змирново, Albanian: Smirnovë e Vjetër) is a village in the municipality of Bitola, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Kukurečani.

Demographics

Staro Zmirnovo is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467/68 as a village in the vilayet of Manastir. The inhabitants attested bore typical Christian anthroponyms along with instances of Albanian and Slavic ones: Dimitri, son of Rade, Gjin, son of Sirak.[1]

Staro Zmirnovo has traditionally and exclusively been populated by Muslim Albanians.[2]

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Staro Zmirnovo was inhabited by 70 Muslim Albanians.[3]

As of the 2021 census, Staro Zmirnovo had zero residents.[4]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 10 inhabitants who self declared as Macedonians, their mother tongue as the Albanian language and being of the Muslim faith.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Murati . Qemal. Studime Albanologjike. EMRA VETJAKË TË PROVENIENCËS SHQIPTARE NË VILAJETIN E MANASTIRIT NË DRITËN E DEFTERËVE OSMANË TË SHEK. XV . 2022 . ITSH. 27. ZMIRNOVO Gin, i biri i Sirak-ut; Dimitri, i biri i Rade-s; Stamat, i biri i Dimitri-t; Backo, i biri i Dimitri-t. .
  2. 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."
  3. Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 238.
  4. 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
  5. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 187, 265, 402.