Bobovište, Bar

Bobovište
Бобовиште
Boboshti
Village
Bobovište is located in Montenegro
Bobovište
Bobovište
Location within Montenegro
Coordinates: 42°07′00″N 19°16′14″E / 42.116729°N 19.270461°E / 42.116729; 19.270461
Country Montenegro
Municipality Bar
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
180
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Bobovište (Montenegrin and Serbian Cyrillic: Бобовиште; Albanian: Boboshti) is a village in Bar Municipality, in southeastern Montenegro. It lies on the western bank of Lake Skadar, in a geographical region known as Skadarska Krajina. It is inhabited by ethnic Albanians.

History

Prior to the village population's conversion to Islam, they had used the nearby Orthodox Moračnik Monastery as their church.[1] In 1894, while Branislav Nušić travelled here, he noted that the village was Muslim.[2]

Demographics

As of 2003 the village had a population of 230.[3]

According to the 2011 census, its population was 180.[4] All of the inhabitants are Sunni Muslim and Albanian. The average age of the population is 43.1. A major fallout in the population has been due to young people emigrating to western countries such as USA, Switzerland and Australia etc. A large majority of people from Bobovište emigrated to especially USA. The Albanians of this village speak in the Gheg dialect of the Albanian language.

Ethnicity in 2011
Ethnicity Number Percentage
Albanians 180 100.0%
Total 180 100%

References

  1. ^ Delo: list za nauku, književnost i društveni život. Carna radikalna štamparija. 1894. p. 441. Retrieved 8 August 2013. Манастир Морачник у језеру стоји спрам села Бобовишга, и он се близу овог села види ; и без сумње да је ово прије турчења Бобовиштана била њихова црква.
  2. ^ Branislav Đ Nušić (1902). S Kosova na sinje more: beleške s puta kroz Arbanase 1894. godine. Édition "Slika". p. 102.
  3. ^ Књига 9, Становништво, упоредни преглед броја становника 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2003, подаци по насељима, Републички завод за статистику, Подгорица, септембар 2005, COBISS-ID 8764176
  4. ^ "Tabela N1. Stanovništvo prema nacinalnoj odnosno etničkoj pripadnosti po naseljima, Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u Crnoj Gori 2011. godine" (in Montenegrin). Statistical Office of Montenegro. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
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