Volkovija | |
Native Name: | Волковија Vallkavi |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | North Macedonia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within North Macedonia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Polog |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Mavrovo and Rostuša |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 21 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 41.7156°N 20.6689°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Website: | . |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Blank Info: | GV |
Volkovija (Macedonian: Волковија, Albanian: Vallkavi) is a village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia.
Volkovija (Vukovja) is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the ziamet of Reka which was under the authority of Karagöz Bey. The village had a total of six households and the anthroponymy recorded depicts an almost exclusively Albanian character: Progon Domi, Pop Radoslav, Kolë Domi, Kolë Domi the other, Andrije Domi, and Muzhava Domi.[1]
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Volkovija was inhabited by 120 Serbophone Orthodox Albanians 69 Muslim Albanians.[2]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 89 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]
As of the 2021 census, Volkovija had 21 residents with the following ethnic composition:[4]