Otišani

Otišani (Macedonian: Отишани) is a village in the municipality of Debar, North Macedonia.

Otišani
Отишани
Village
Airview of the village
Airview of the village
Otišani is located in North Macedonia
Otišani
Otišani
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°27′N 20°31′E
Country North Macedonia
Region Southwestern
Municipality Debar
Population
 (2002)
 • Total530
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
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Name

The village in Albanian is known as Hotishani.

Demographics

Otišani (Hotishani) is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the timar of Hizir Muriqi (possibly, Maziqi or Mazhiqi) in the vilayet of Dulgoberda. The village had a total of five households and the anthroponyms recorded depict a mixed Albanian-Slavic character, for example, among the household heads a certain Gjergj Karlovići is attested.[1]

Otišani has traditionally been inhabited by a Torbeš population.[2]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Otišani was inhabited by 263 Albanians.[3]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 530 inhabitants.[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]

References
  1. Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 104.
  2. Vidoeski, Božidar (1998). Dijalektite na makedonskiot jazik. Vol. 1. Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite. ISBN 9789989649509. p. 309. "Во западна Македонија исламизирано македонско население живее во неколку географски региони на македонско-албанската пограничје: во областа Река по долината на Радика (Жировница, Видуше, Болетин, Требиште, Велебрдо, Ростуша, Аџиевци, Јанче, Присојница, Скудриње, Горно и Долно Косоврасти, Могорче, Баланци, Мелничани), во Дебарско - во Жупа (Броштица, Бајрамовци, Горенци, Житинени, Кочишта, Мал и Голем Папрадник, Рковци) и Голо Брдо (Врмница, Владимирци, Гиновци, Клење, Лешничани, Љуболези, Големо и Мало Острени, Окштун, Отишани,"
  3. http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm
  4. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 89.


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