Ljubaništa ( mk, Љубаништа) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

along the shore of the

Lake Ohrid Lake Ohrid ( mk, Охридско Езеро , al, Liqeni i Ohrit , also referred as ''Liqeni i Pogradecit'';) is a lake which straddles the mountainous border between the southwestern part of North Macedonia and eastern Albania. It is one of E ...

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...

. The village is located near the Monastery of St. Naum and the border with

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

History

Of all the Orthodox Macedonian villages located on the eastern side of Lake Ohrid, only Ljubaništa had family ties with Orthodox Albanians from

Pogradec Pogradec () is the eleventh most populous city in Albania and the capital of the eponymous municipality. It is located on a narrow plain between two mountain chains along the southwestern banks of the Lake of Ohrid. Its climate is profoundly in ...

and

Korçë Korçë (; sq-definite, Korça) is the eighth most populous city of the Republic of Albania and the seat of Korçë County and Korçë Municipality. The total population is 75,994 (2011 census), in a total area of . It stands on a plateau som ...

in Albania. "Што се од- несува за Албанците, тие не се населувале на овие терени и месните луѓе не го знаеле албанскиот јазик, иако имале тргов- ски контакти со албанското население. Од поблиските села само селото Љубаништа (крај манастирот Св. Наум) имало семеј- ни врски со православните Албанци од гратчињата Поградец и Корча, кои денеска се наоѓаат на територијата на Албанија." Wild beach-selo Ljubanista Ohrid

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 171 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002)
''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion''
The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 314. * Macedonians 169 *

Turks Turk or Turks may refer to: Communities and ethnic groups * Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic languages * Turkish people, or the Turks, a Turkic ethnic group and nation * Turkish citizen, a citizen of the Republic ...

1 *Others 1

References

Villages in Ohrid Municipality {{Ohrid-geo-stub