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Žabeni

Жабени
Zhabjan
Žabeni Жабени; Zhabjan
Village
	Air view of the village Žabeni
	Žabeni Location within North Macedonia
	Coordinates: 41°02′N 21°16′E / 41.033°N 21.267°E
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Pelagonia
Municipality	Bitola
Population (2021)
• Total	144
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	BT
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Žabeni (Macedonian Cyrillic: Жабени; Albanian: Zhabjan) is a village in the municipality of Bitola, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Bistrica. It is a village 9.71 kilometers away from Bitola, which is the second largest city in the country.

Demographics

Žabeni is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467/68 as a village in the vilayet of Manastir. The inhabitants attested primarily bore typical Albanian anthroponyms, such as Gjergj, Gjin and Gjon alongside a mix of Christian and Slavic ones.^[1]

As of the 2021 census, Žabeni had 144 residents with the following ethnic composition:^[2]

Albanians 120
Macedonians 14
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 10

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 178 inhabitants.^[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[3]

Albanians 143
Macedonians 3
Others 5

References

^ Murati, Qemal (2022). "EMRA VETJAKË TË PROVENIENCËS SHQIPTARE NË VILAJETIN E MANASTIRIT NË DRITËN E DEFTERËVE OSMANË TË SHEK. XV". Studime Albanologjike. ITSH: 22. ZHABJANI Gerg, i biri i Petre-s; Gerg, i biri i Mrçko-s; Gin, i biri i Dimo-s; Gin, i biri i Andreja-s; Gon, i biri i Dedie-s; Nikolla, i biri i Gon-it; Todor, i biri i Gon-it; Dimitri, i biri i Tode-s; Bojko, i biri i Dimitri-t; Pejo, i biri i Dimitri-t; Dabe, i biri i dimitri-t; Dimitri, i biri i Vllajko-s.
^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
^ ^a ^b Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 69.