Shishtavec

Shishtavec is a village in Kukës County in northeastern Albania. It was also the seat of the former municipality of the same name. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Kukës.[1] The administrative unit of Shishtavec contains the villages Borje, Oreshkë, Cërnalevë and Shishtavec which are populated by the Muslim Slavic speaking Gorani people,[2] whereas the villages of Novosej, Kollovoz and Shtrezë are inhabited by Albanians.[3][4]

Shishtavec
Шиштавец
Village
Shishtavec is located in Albania
Shishtavec
Shishtavec
Coordinates: 41°59′N 20°36′E
Country Albania
CountyKukës
MunicipalityKukës
Municipal unitShishtavec
Elevation
1,300 m (4,300 ft)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitewww.fshatishishtavec.com

According to the 2011 census, 68.3% of the municipality identified ethnically as Albanian, while 7.7% identified as Macedonian. The remainder did not declare an ethnicity.[5]

The Gorani population in Albania identifies itself mostly as ethnically Albanian, unlike the Gorani population of neighbouring countries. The local Gorani representatives have sought the recognition as a distinct minority group, as is the case in Bulgaria, Serbia, Kosovo and North Macedonia.

Village of Shishtavec

The village of Shishtavec consists of around 300 households with over 1,800 Gorani inhabitants. The area is part of the wider Gora region, most of it lies on the other side of the border in Kosovo.

Roughly 250 acres (100 ha) of potatoes are planted annually in Shishtavec.[6]

References
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  1. "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). p. 6373. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. Steinke, Klaus; Ylli, Xhelal (2010). Die slavischen Minderheiten in Albanien (SMA). 3. Gora. Munich: Verlag Otto Sagner. p. 11. ISBN 978-3-86688-112-9. "In den 17 Dörfern des Kosovo wird Našinski/Goranče gesprochen, und sie gehören zu einer Gemeinde mit dem Verwaltungszentrum in Dragaš. Die 19 Dörfer in Albanien sind hingegen auf drei Gemeinden des Bezirks Kukës aufgeteilt, und zwar auf Shishtavec, Zapod und Topojan. Slavophone findet man freilich nur in den ersten beiden Gemeinden. Zur Gemeinde Shishtavec gehören sieben Dörfer und in den folgenden vier wird Našinski/Goranče gesprochen: Shishtavec (Šištaec/Šišteec), Borja (Borje), Cërnaleva (Cărnolevo/Cărneleve) und Oreshka (Orešek). Zur Gemeinde Zapod gehören ebenfalls sieben Dörfer, und in den folgenden fünf wird Našinski/Goranče gesprochen: Orgjost (Orgosta), Kosharisht (Košarišta), Pakisht (Pakiša/Pakišča) Zapod (Zapod) und Orçikla (Orčikl’e/Očikl’e)’. In der Gemeinde Topojan gibt es inzwischen keine slavophone Bevölkerung mehr. Die Einwohner selbst bezeichnen sich gewöhnlich als Goranen ‘Einwohner von Gora oder Našinci Unsrige, und ihre Sprache wird von ihnen als Našinski und von den Albanern als Gorançe bezeichnet."
  3. Quave, Cassandra L.; Pieroni, Andrea (2015). "A reservoir of ethnobotanical knowledge informs resilient food security and health strategies in the Balkans". Nature Plants. 1 (2): 5. doi:10.1038/nplants.2014.21. PMID 27246758. S2CID 9017869.
  4. Schmidinger, Thomas (2018). "Forced Return to Empty villages: A case study of the Gorani in Kosovo". In Hornstein Tomić, Caroline; Scholl-Schneider, Sarah; Pichler, Robert (eds.). Remigration to Post-Socialist Europe. Hopes and Realities of Return. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 265. ISBN 9783643910257.
  5. "Ethnic composition of Albania 2011". Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  6. "Македонците од општините Шиштавец и Стеблево апелираат до владата да се најде решение за пласман на компирот" (in Macedonian). Makedonium. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
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