Malčište (, ) 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

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Studeničani Studeničani (; ) is a village in North Macedonia. It is a seat of Studeničani municipality. Demographics According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 8.004 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2021) '' ...

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Name

The name stems from the Albanian word for mountains, ''mal''

Demographics

According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Malčište appears as being inhabited by an Orthodox Christian population. Some families had a mixed Slavic-Albanian anthroponomy. The names are:Niko son of Dom-ina, Radoslav son of Dom-ina, Hranislav son of Dona, Bojko son of Dona, Gropça son of Goja, Radislav son of Dominiko, Spana (Stana) widow. 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 Malčište was inhabited by 90 Muslim Albanians. On the 1927 ethnic map of Leonhard Schulze-Jena, the village is shown as an

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village.Schultze Jena, Leonhard. Makedonien: Landschafts- und Kulturbilder. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1927 The Yugoslav census of 1953 recorded 194 people of whom 135 were Albanians, 52 Turks and 7 Macedonians. The 1961 Yugoslav census recorded 159 people of whom were 158 Turks and 1 Albanian. The 1971 census recorded 51 people of whom were Turks. The 1981 Yugoslav census recorded 69 people of whom were 47 Turks, 17 Albanians, 1 Macedonian and 4 others. The Macedonian census of 1994 recorded 7 Turks.. According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 38 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2021)
''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion''
The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021 *

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References

Villages in Studeničani Municipality Albanian communities in North Macedonia {{Studeničani-geo-stub