Medžitlija

Medžitlija
Меџитлија
Mexhitli
Village
Air view of the village
Air view of the village
Medžitlija is located in North Macedonia
Medžitlija
Medžitlija
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 40°55′46″N 21°25′45″E / 40.92944°N 21.42917°E / 40.92944; 21.42917
Country North Macedonia
Region Pelagonia
Municipality Bitola
Elevation
584 m (1,916 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
155
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
7223
Area code+389 047
Car platesBT
Website.

Medžitlija (Macedonian: Меџитлија, Albanian: Mexhitli, Turkish: Mecitli) is a village in the municipality of Bitola, North Macedonia, along the border with Greece. It was previously part of the former municipality of Bistrica. The village is located 14 km south of Bitola at the Medžitlija-Níki border crossing.

History

In the early Ottoman period, Medžitlija was one of several villages in the Pelagonia plain settled by nomadic Turkomen tribes from Anatolia during 1475–1543.[1] In the modern era, following the migration of the village Turkish population, Albanians from nearby mountainous areas settled in Medžitlija from the mid 1950s onward.[2] In the early twenty first century, a new mosque was built in Medžitlija and financed by the wealthy Sulejmani family from the Albanian diaspora in Australia.[3]

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 155 inhabitants.[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]

References

  1. ^ Mihajlovski, Robert (2021). The Religious and Cultural Landscape of Ottoman Manastır. Brill. p. 32. ISBN 9789004465268.
  2. ^ Točkoski, V. (1969). "Пелагонија – население и стопански преглед" [Pelagonija – population and economic overview]. Географски разгледи (in Macedonian). 7: 127. "Со иселувањето на Турците и делумно Торбешите од Пелагонија, од 1954 година, и со општото движење на населението од планинскиот раб кон котлинското дно албанското население се спушта и на котлинското дно (с. Меџитлија)"
  3. ^ Rexhepi, Nizami (31 August 2021). "Historia e vendosjes së 4 mijë shqiptarëve në qytetin Dandenong" [The history of the settlement of 4 thousand Albanians in the city of Dandenong] (in Albanian). Diaspora Shqiptare. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  4. ^ 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. 70.


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