Nistrovo
Nistrovo
Нистрово Nistrovë | |
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Village | |
 Panoramic view of the village Nistrovo | |
  Nistrovo Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°44′N 20°38′E / 41.733°N 20.633°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region | Polog |
| Municipality | Mavrovo and Rostuša |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 32 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | GV |
| Website | . |
Nistrovo (Macedonian: Нистрово, Albanian: Nistrovë) is a village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia.
Demographics[edit]
Nistrovo is one of the few Upper Reka villages with a resident population in the 2010s.[1] The village consists of two neighbourhoods, one populated by Muslim Albanians with a mosque and the other by Albanian speaking Orthodox Christians, who in the modern period self identify as Macedonians.[1] The Orthodox population for several decades migrated from the village to various urban centres and come back to Nistrovo in the summer.[1] Most homes in the Orthodox neighbourhood are abandoned and the restoration of the Orthodox church occurred in the early 2010s.[1]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 121 inhabitants.[2] Ethnic groups in the village include:[2]
- Albanians 121
As of the 2021 census, Nistrovo had 32 residents with the following ethnic composition:[3]
- Albanians 27
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 4
- Others 1
- Notable people born here include, Josif Bageri (15 August 1868 – 15 June 1915) was an educator, poet and Albanian nationalist figure.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Pieroni, Andrea; Rexhepi, Besnik; Nedelcheva, Anely; Hajdari, Avni; Mustafa, Behxhet; Kolosova, Valeria (2013). "One century later: the folk botanical knowledge of the last remaining Albanians of the upper Reka Valley, Mount Korab, Western Macedonia". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 9 (1): 2–3. doi:10.1186/1746-4269-9-22. PMC 3648429. PMID 23578063.
- ^ a b Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 136.
- ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
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