Bobovište, Bar

Coordinates: 42°07′00″N 19°16′14″E / 42.116729°N 19.270461°E / 42.116729; 19.270461
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Bobovište
Бобовиште
Boboshti
Village
Bobovište is located in Montenegro
Bobovište
Bobovište
Location within Montenegro
Coordinates: 42°07′00″N 19°16′14″E / 42.116729°N 19.270461°E / 42.116729; 19.270461
Country Montenegro
Municipality Bar
Population
 (2011)
 • Total180
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Bobovište (Montenegrin and Serbian Cyrillic: Бобовиште; Albanian: Boboshti) is a village in Bar Municipality, in southeastern Montenegro. It lies on the western bank of Lake Skadar, in a geographical region known as Skadarska Krajina. It is inhabited by ethnic Albanians.

History[edit]

Prior to the village population's conversion to Islam, they had used the nearby Orthodox Moračnik Monastery as their church.[1] In 1894, while Branislav Nušić travelled here, he noted that the village was Muslim.[2]

Demographics[edit]

As of 2003 the village had a population of 230.[3]

According to the 2011 census, its population was 180.[4] All of the inhabitants are Sunni Muslim and Albanian. The average age of the population is 43.1. A major fallout in the population has been due to young people emigrating to western countries such as USA, Switzerland and Australia etc. A large majority of people from Bobosht emigrated to especially USA

Ethnicity in 2011
Ethnicity Number Percentage
Albanians 180 100.0%
Total 180 100%

References[edit]

  1. ^ Delo: list za nauku, književnost i društveni život. Carna radikalna štamparija. 1894. p. 441. Retrieved 8 August 2013. Манастир Морачник у језеру стоји спрам села Бобовишга, и он се близу овог села види ; и без сумње да је ово прије турчења Бобовиштана била њихова црква.
  2. ^ Branislav Đ Nušić (1902). S Kosova na sinje more: beleške s puta kroz Arbanase 1894. godine. Édition "Slika". p. 102.
  3. ^ Књига 9, Становништво, упоредни преглед броја становника 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2003, подаци по насељима, Републички завод за статистику, Подгорица, септембар 2005, COBISS-ID 8764176
  4. ^ "Tabela N1. Stanovništvo prema nacinalnoj odnosno etničkoj pripadnosti po naseljima, Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u Crnoj Gori 2011. godine" (in Montenegrin). Statistical Office of Montenegro. Retrieved January 27, 2012.