Zdunje Explained

Zdunje
Native Name:Здуње
Zdunjë
Zdunye
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: Gostivar
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:1,410
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:41.7942°N 20.8756°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
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Zdunje (Macedonian: Здуње, Albanian: Zdunjë, Turkish: Zdunye) is a village in the municipality of Gostivar, North Macedonia.

History

The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village had a total of 20 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred).[1]

According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Zdunje appears as having largely Christian Albanian anthroponomy. Due to Slavicisation, some families had a mixed Slav-Albanian anthroponomy - usually a Slavic first name and an Albanian last name or last names with Albanian patronyms and Slavic suffixes.[2]

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village was inhabited by 300 Turks, 120 Muslim Albanians, and 65 Bulgarian Exarchists.[3] According to Geographers Dimitri Mishev and D. M. Brancoff, in 1905 the town 64 Bulgarian Exarchists.[4]

Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Zdunje had 1,140 residents with the following ethnic composition:[5]

According to the 2002 census, the village is multiethnical with a total of 2140 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:[6]

Notes and References

  1. Qerim Dalipi. "NAHIJA E KËRÇOVËS SIPAS REGJISTRIMIT TË VITEVE 1467-1468 (Aspekte shoqërore)". Gjurmime Albanologjike - Seria e shkencave historike 47:29-48.
  2. Rexha. Iljaz. Vendbanimet dhe popullsia albane gjatë mesjetës në hapësirën e Maqedonisë së sotme: Sipas burimeve sllave dhe osmane. Gjurmime Albanologjike: Seria e Shkencave Historike. 41–42. 2011. 115. The names are: Gjorgji Arbanas; Mill, son of Doksa; Daba, of his brother; Mano Arbanas (t. Arnaut); Ggjin Protogjer.
  3. Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 213.
  4. Dimitri Mishev and D. M. Brancoff, La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne, p. 194
  5. 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
  6. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 86.