Volkovija, Mavrovo i Rostuše explained

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
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Blank Name:Car plates
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Volkovija (Macedonian: Волковија, Albanian: Vallkavi) is a village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia.

Demographics

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Caka . Eduart . Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467 . 2019 . Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë . Tiranë . 126.
  2. http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm
  3. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 135.
  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