Vataša Explained

Vataša
Native Name:Ваташа
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:North Macedonia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within North Macedonia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1: Vardar
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2: Kavadarci
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:3502
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:41.4184°N 22.0183°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Website:.
Blank Name:Car plates

Vatasha (Macedonian: Ваташа) is a village in the municipality of Kavadarci, North Macedonia.

Demographics

According to the statistics of the Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900, the settlement is recorded as "Vatosha" and as having 1808 inhabitants, 1142 Christian Bulgarians, 618 Muslim Bulgarians and 48 Romani.[1] On the 1927 ethnic map of Leonhard Schulze-Jena, the village is shown as having a mixed population of Christian Bulgarians and Turks.[2] According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 3502 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]

Sports

The local football club FK Gaber plays in the Macedonian Third Football League.

Notes and References

  1. http://macedonia.kroraina.com/vk/index.html Vasil Kanchov. "Macedonia. "Ethnography and statistics." Sofia, 1900, p. 153
  2. Schultze Jena, Leonhard. Makedonien: Landschafts- und Kulturbilder. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1927
  3. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 108.