Arvati (; ) is a village in the

Resen Municipality Resen ( ) is a municipality in southwestern Republic of North Macedonia. ''Resen, North Macedonia, Resen'' is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Resen Municipality is located in the Pelagonia Statistical Region. Geograp ...

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. Located from the municipal centre of Resen, the village has 137 residents. It is situated east of

Lake Prespa The Lake Prespa is located on the tripoint of North Macedonia, Albania and Greece. It is a system of two lakes separated by an isthmus: the Great Prespa Lake, divided between the three countries, and the Little Prespa Lake, mostly within Greec ...

, at the foot of Baba Mountain.

History

In the 19th century, Arvati was part of the Manastir Sanjak, a subdivision of the

Manastir Vilayet The Vilayet of Manastir () was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire, created in 1874, dissolved in 1877 and re-established in 1879. The vilayet was occupied during the First Balkan War in 1912 and divided between t ...

of the

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Demographics

The demographics of Arvati are written in several Bulgarian sources. According to Yordan Iliev Yordanov, Arvati in 1873 had 45 households and 136 male inhabitants (80

Bulgarians Bulgarians (, ) are a nation and South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and its neighbouring region, who share a common Bulgarian ancestry, culture, history and language. They form the majority of the population in Bulgaria, ...

and 56

Muslims Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...

).Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г. Македонски научен институт, Sofia, 1995, стр. 88-89. In 1905, D.M.Brancoff wrote Arvati's population consisted of Bulgarians Exarchists and 186

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, ...

.D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, рр. 170-171.
/ref > In the early twentieth century,

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 ...

wrote Arvati had 325 people composed of 160 Orthodox Bulgarians, 100 Muslim Albanians and 65 Romani. From the mid twentieth century onward, Arvati's population has consisted of Orthodox Macedonians and Sunni Muslim

, with the latter forming a majority.Censuses of population 1948 - 2002
The mothers tongues of the residents, much like the ethnic affiliations, include 51 native Macedonian speakers, 84

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speakers, and two with a different mother tongue.

Religion

The religious affiliations of the village's residents also followed ethnic lines, with 51 identifying as Orthodox Christians, 85 as Muslims, and one as something else, as of the 2002 census. Arvati is home to four churches dedicated to St Nicholas, Sts Constantine and Elena, St Archangel Michael, and the Ascension of the Virgin Mary.

Gallery

File:Викиекспедиција Преспа 222.jpg, Centre of Arvati with a welcome greeting written on a big stone File:Arvati village 19.jpg, Village water fountain, Arvati centre File:Arvati village 4.jpg, Krani river and traditional architecture of Arvati File:Arvati village 13.jpg, Traditional architecture of Arvati File:Arvati village 3.jpg, Krani river in Arvati File:Arvati village 2.jpg, Krani river in Arvati File:Arvati village 59.jpg, Traditional architecture of Arvati File:Arvati village 34.jpg, In the fields of Arvati looking out toward Mt Pelister File:Arvati village 26.jpg, Traditional architecture of Arvati File:Arvati village 32.jpg, In the fields of Arvati looking out toward Mt Pelister File:Викиекспедиција Преспа 219.jpg, Architecture of Arvati and Krani river File:Arvati village 5.jpg, Krani river in Arvati File:Arvati village 71.jpg, Bilingual Yugoslav era monument to fallen partisan File:Arvati Archangel Church 3.jpg, Main Orthodox church of Arvati File:Arvati church.jpg, Small Orthodox church in Arvati File:Arvati village 44.jpg, Stony path heading toward fields of Arvati File:Arvati village 41.jpg, Sheep in Arvati

References

External links

Local Arvati tourist site
{{Authority control Villages in Resen Municipality Albanian communities in North Macedonia