Matka, Saraj

Coordinates: 41°58′N 21°17′E / 41.967°N 21.283°E / 41.967; 21.283
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Matka
Матка
Matkë
Village
Matka is located in North Macedonia
Matka
Matka
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°58′N 21°17′E / 41.967°N 21.283°E / 41.967; 21.283
Country North Macedonia
Region Skopje
Municipality Saraj
Population
 (2021)
 • Total466
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesSK
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Matka (Macedonian: Матка, Albanian: Matkë) is a village in the municipality of Saraj, North Macedonia.

History[edit]

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Matka was inhabited by 120 Muslim Albanians and 60 Christian Bulgarians Albanians.[1] In 1905 Dimitar Mishev Brancoff gathered statistics about the Christian population of Macedonia, in which the village of Matka appears as consisting of 56 Bulgarian Exarchists and 42 Christian Albanians.[2]

Demographics[edit]

According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 466 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]

Year Macedonian Albanian Turks Romani Vlachs Serbs Bosniaks Others Total
2002 167 300 ... ... ... 1 ... ... 468
2021 157 248 ... ... ... 1 5 55 466


See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 264.
  2. ^ D.M.Brancoff (1905). La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne. Paris. pp. 114.
  3. ^ a b 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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