Konjari

Konjari
Коњари
Kojnare
Village
Airview of the village
Airview of the village
Konjari is located in North Macedonia
Konjari
Konjari
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°31′23″N 20°28′51″E / 41.52306°N 20.48083°E / 41.52306; 20.48083
Country North Macedonia
Region Southwestern
Municipality Debar
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
0
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
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Konjari (Macedonian: Коњари, Albanian: Kojnare) is an uninhabited village in the municipality of Debar, North Macedonia.

History

In 1224, an Albanian landowner by the name of Gjergj Skorra was explicitly mentioned in correspondence by the archbishop of Ohrid. He is believed to have owned lands in and around Konjar as a vassal of the noble Albanian Gropa family, and there is still a local tribe in the region known as 'Skorra'.[1]

Demographics

The 1971 Yugoslav census was the last to record any people as residing in the village which contained 415 inhabitants, of which 414 were Albanians and 1 Macedonian.[2] According to the 2002 census, the village had 0 inhabitants.[3]

References

  1. ^ Xhufi, Pëllumb (2011). "Maqedonia Perëndimore në historinë e arbërve të shek. V I I - XV". Qendra e Studimeve Albanologjike (1–2): 7–24.
  2. ^ Sherafedin Kaso (2005). The settlements with Muslim population in Macedonia. Logos-A. p. 156. ISBN 978-9989-58-155-7.
  3. ^ Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 89.


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