Žerovjane (, ) 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
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The term ''municipality' ...
of
Bogovinje,
North Macedonia
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.
History
Žerovjane is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of
Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 30 Christian households, 2 bachelors and 3 widows.
According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Žerovjane exhibits a majority of Orthodox Christian Slavic and a minority Albanian anthroponymy. Some families had a mixed Slav-Albanian anthroponomy.
According to the 1942
Albanian
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*Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular:
**Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans
**Albanian language
**Albanian culture
**Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...
census, Žerovjane was inhabited by 277
Muslim Albanians.
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 Bogovinje was inhabited by 60 Orthodox Bulgarians.
Demographics
As of the
2021 census, Žerovjane had 891 residents with the following ethnic composition:
*Albanians 881
*Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 10
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 914 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. 72.
*Albanians
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907
* Macedonians 3
* Turks 4
References
External links
Villages in Bogovinje Municipality
Albanian communities in North Macedonia
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