Toska, Struga
Toska (Macedonian: Тоска, Albanian: Toskë) is a former village in Municipality of Struga, North Macedonia.[1]
Toska
Тоска Toskë | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Toska Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°16′39″N 20°40′32″E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Southwestern |
| Municipality |  Struga |
| Highest elevation | 764 m (2,507 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +38946 |
| Car plates | SU |
| Website | . |
Name
The name of the village is an Albanian toponym derived from the term Tosk, which denotes a subgroup of southern Albanians.[2]
Demographics
During the 1953 and 1961 census, the settlement of Toska and its inhabitants were counted as being part of the village of Gorno Tateši and its inhabitants.[3] The 1971 Yugoslav census was the last to record any people as residing in the village which contained 69 inhabitants, all Albanians.[3]
References
- "Toska Struga, Macedonia - Toska Struga | Toska map". makedonija.name. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
- Włodzimierz, Pianka (1970). Toponomastikata na Ohridsko-Prespanskiot bazen. Institut za makedonski jazik "Krste Misirkov". p. 79. "Топонимот е албански, примарен, рамен на етнонимот Тоска "припадник на јужноалбанското племе", кој исто така е презиме на повеќето од жителите на селото."
- Sherafedin Kaso (2005). The settlements with Muslim population in Macedonia. Logos-A. p. 338. ISBN 978-9989-58-155-7.
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