Šemševo (, ) is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in the
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
of
Jegunovce
Jegunovce () is one of the larger villages in the Polog Valley, North Macedonia. It is located about 10 mi (15 km) northeast of the Macedonian city of Tetovo. It is the center of the Jegunovce Municipality.
History
Jegunovce began t ...
,
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the n ...
.
Demographics
Šemševo is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of
Kalkandelen
Tetovo (, ; , sq-definite, Tetova) is a city in the northwestern part of North Macedonia, built on the foothills of Å ar Mountain and divided by the Pena River. The municipality of Tetovo covers an area of at above sea level, with a populati ...
. The village had a total of 45 Christian households, 3 bachelors and 7 widows.
As of the
2021 census, Šemševo had 1,532 residents with the following ethnic composition:
*Albanians 1,393
*Macedonians 116
*Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 22
*Others 1
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,737 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. 108.
*Albanians
The Albanians are an ethnic group native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, Albanian culture, culture, Albanian history, history and Albanian language, language. They are the main ethnic group of Albania and Kosovo, ...
1,616
* Macedonians 35
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov
Vasil Kanchov (26 July 1862 – 6 February 1902) was a geographer, ethnographer and teacher who served as Minister of Education of Bulgaria.
Early life and education
Vasil Kanchov was born in Vratsa. Upon graduating from High school i ...
in 1900, the village of Šemševo was inhabited by 154 Muslim Albanians and 60 Оrthodox Bulgarians.[Vasil Kanchov (1900). ]
Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics
'. Sofia. p. 212.
Sports
Local football club KF Shemshova 1984 have played in the Macedonian Third League.
References
External links
Villages in Jegunovce Municipality
Albanian communities in North Macedonia
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