Šum ( mk, Шум, sq, Shum) is a
village in the
municipality of
Struga
Struga ( mk, Струга , sq, Strugë) is a town and popular tourist destination situated in the south-western region of North Macedonia, lying on the shore of Lake Ohrid. The town of Struga is the seat of Struga Municipality.
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North Macedonia. The settlement is a newer village in the Struga area and has a mosque.
Name
Šum has in its history been attached administratively to the neighboring village of
Zagračani
Zagračani ( mk, Заграчани, sq, Zagraçan) is a village in the municipality of Struga, North Macedonia.
Demographics
The village of Zagračani is inhabited by Tosks, a subgroup of southern Albanians and speak the Tosk Albanian dialec ...
resulting in demographic and other data being counted along with that settlement.
Past traces of the village name ''Šum'' are non-existent and the area only appears in an old map by Jaranov listing it as ''Dolno (Lower) Zagračani''.
Due to the close geographical proximity with Zagračani, the village toponyms of Šum are shared with its neighbour.
A river flows through the village.
Local Albanian residents of Šum derive the origin of their village's name as stemming from the Albanian word ''shumë'' (meaning: a lot, much) from there being a lot of water due to the river.
Šum is also located nearby
Struga
Struga ( mk, Струга , sq, Strugë) is a town and popular tourist destination situated in the south-western region of North Macedonia, lying on the shore of Lake Ohrid. The town of Struga is the seat of Struga Municipality.
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and in between there are remnants of a forest.
In Macedonian the word for 'forest' is ''шума/šuma''.
The Albanian expression pronounced as ''shumë'' is according to Pianka Włodzimierz borrowed in this instance possibly from a local field name from a time when Zagračani was a Macedonian village, becoming the name of the village.
[ "Шум е ново село со 42 куќи и џамија... Населено е со Албанци, но бидејќи административно е сврзано со Заграчани во статистиките не фигурира. Теренските имиња од ова село се дадени кај Заграчани (поради заедничкиот атар). Името на селото никогаш не се бележи, на картата од Јаранов фигурира како Д. Заграчани... Низ селото тече истоимена река. Народната етимологија е ваква: алб. shumë ‘многу’ → ‘многу вода’ → ‘вода’ → ‘река’. Селото лежи во полето близу до Струга. Сепак има таму и остатоци од шума. Албанците зборот се изговарале како шумъ (спор. алб. zhabë 'жаба’) и тоа можеби од теренско име (од времето кога Заграчани било Македонско село) станал име на селото."]
Demographics
The
Tosk dialect of the
Albanian language is spoken in Šum.
[ "Shum (ku flitet toskërishtja)".][ "Fshatrat e rrethinës së Strugës siç janë: Kalishti, Frengova, Ladorishti, Zagraçani dhe Shumi flasin në dialektin toskë, kurse në të gjithë fshatrat e tjerë flitet gegënishtja.".]
As of the
2021 census, Šum had 411 residents with the following ethnic composition:
Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
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*Albanians 342
*Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 69
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 837 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. 182.
*Albanians
The Albanians (; sq, Shqiptarët ) are an ethnic group and nation native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, culture, history and language. They primarily live in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Se ...
823
* Macedonians 2
*Others 12
References
External links
Villages in Struga Municipality
Albanian communities in North Macedonia
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