Košarka

Košarka (Macedonian: Кошарка) is an abandoned Turkish village in the mountains of the eastern mountain valley of the municipality Demir Kapija in North Macedonia. Most of its residents moved down, close to the highway to develop another village, Laki. Laki is not a registered village, yet, but electricity has been brought to the villagers. There is a fountain where the village used to be, yet, difficult to find, as the footpath has been worn, hardly ever used.

Košarka
Кошарка
Village
Houses in the locality Laki
Houses in the locality Laki
Košarka is located in North Macedonia
Košarka
Košarka
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°26′N 22°19′E
Country North Macedonia
Region Vardar
Municipality Demir Kapija
Population
 (2021)
 • Total14
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesDK
ClimateCfa

Demographics

According to the statistics of Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900, 702 inhabitants lived in Košarka, all Turks.[1] On the 1927 ethnic map of Leonhard Schulze-Jena, the village is shown as a Turkish village.[2] As of the 2021 census, Košarka had 14 residents with the following ethnic composition:[3]

  • Turks 14

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 22 inhabitants.[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]

References
  1. Vasil Kanchov. "Macedonia. "Ethnography and statistics." Sofia, 1900, p. 155
  2. Schultze Jena, Leonhard. Makedonien: Landschafts- und Kulturbilder. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1927
  3. Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  4. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 93.

Notes
  • Demir Kapija: From Prehistory to Today ISBN 9989-712-65-4, p 97-8

See also

Sources
  • Demir Kapija: From Prehistory to Today ISBN 9989-712-65-4, p 96


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