Jablanica, Struga

Jablanica
Village
Јабланица
Jablanica is located in North Macedonia
Jablanica
Jablanica
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°12′47″N 20°38′06″E / 41.21306°N 20.63500°E / 41.21306; 20.63500
Country North Macedonia
Region Southwestern
Municipality Struga
Elevation
831 m (2,726 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
553
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code+38946
Car platesSU

Jablanica (Macedonian: Јабланица) is a village in the municipality of Struga, North Macedonia.

Demographics

Jablanica appears in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a hass-ı mir-liva property in the vilayet of Dulgoberda. The settlement had a total of 20 households and the anthroponymy attested depicts a mixed Albanian-Slavic character, with a slight predominance of personal names belonging to the Slavic onomastic sphere: Pop Jovani, Nikolla Susjaku, Viho son of Pop Jovan, Dimitri Lopi, Dimitri Vasko, Shagdo son of Gjinko, Andrija son of Prodan, Nikolla son of Vilkashin, Gjergj Forkaleci, Rajko Kuzini, Nikolla son of Pop Jovan, Gjure son of Shagdo, Dimitri son of Rajko Kuzini, Petko son of Dimitri Vasko, Gjurec son of Gjorgo, Alekoja son of Nikolla, Miho son of Dimitri, Dragoslav son of Nikolla, Miho son of Gjon, and Radoslav son of Prodan.[1]

Jablanica has traditionally been inhabited by Orthodox Christian Macedonians and a Torbeš population.[2]

According to the 1943 Albanian census, Jablanica was inhabited by 174 Muslim Albanians and 1092 Orthodox Macedonians.[3]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 553 inhabitants.[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]

References

  1. ^ Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 5.
  2. ^ Vidoeski, Božidar (1998). Dijalektite na makedonskiot jazik. Vol. 1. Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite. ISBN 9789989649509. p. 333. "Исламизираните Македонци во струшките села Јабланица, Боро(в)ец, Октиси, Подгорци и Лабуништа живеат заедно со православното население".
  3. ^ "Ethnic/Religious composition of Struga district".
  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. 134.