Gorno Palčište

Gorno Palčište (Macedonian: Горно Палчиште, Albanian: Pallçisht i Epërm) is a village in the municipality of Bogovinje, North Macedonia.

Gorno Palčište
Горно Палчиште
Pallçisht i Epërm
Village
Gorno Palčište is located in North Macedonia
Gorno Palčište
Gorno Palčište
Location within Republic of Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°59′N 20°55′E
Country North Macedonia
Region Polog
Municipality Bogovinje
Population
 (2021)
 • Total1,127
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesTE
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History

According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Gorno Palčište appears as being largely inhabited by an Orthodox Christian Albanian population. 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.

The names are: Lazor, son of Arbanas; Gjon Arbanas; Dejan, his son; Gjergji Arbanas; Ivan, son of Dren; Dimitri, his son; Gjuri-ca Dralla; Lazor govedar (herder); Dobroslav, his brother; Mitran, his brother; Toni star (old man); Dejan, his son; Gjon the son-in-law of Radoslav; Kola, son of Zahari; Gjurgji, son of Zahari.[1]

Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Gorno Palčište had 1,127 residents with the following ethnic composition:[2]

  • Albanians 1,037
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 90

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1356 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Gorno Palčište was inhabited by 1031 Muslim Albanians, 94 Bulgarians and 183 Serbs.[4]

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Gorno Palčište was inhabited by 165 Muslim Albanians.[5]

References
  1. Rexha, Iljaz (2011). "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): 115.
  2. Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  3. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 110.
  4. http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm
  5. Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 264.


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