Pepelište

Coordinates: 41°31′07″N 22°07′43″E / 41.518701°N 22.128555°E / 41.518701; 22.128555
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Pepelište
Пепелиште
View of the village
View of the village
Pepelište is located in North Macedonia
Pepelište
Pepelište
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°31′07″N 22°07′43″E / 41.518701°N 22.128555°E / 41.518701; 22.128555
Country North Macedonia
Region Vardar
Municipality Negotino
Population
 (2002)
 • Total1,070
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesNE
ClimateCfa

Pepelište (Macedonian: Пепелиште) is a village in the municipality of Negotino, North Macedonia. It is located in the Povardarie wine-growing region, along the river Vardar.

Demographics[edit]

According to the statistics of Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900 the settlement is recorded as "Pepelišta" in which 984 inhabitants lived. 850 of them being Muslim Bulgarians, 80 being Christian Bulgarians and 54 being Romani.[1] On the 1927 ethnic map of Leonhard Schulze-Jena, the village is shown as a Muslim Bulgarian village.[2]According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,070 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Vasil Kanchov. "Macedonia. "Ethnography and statistics." Sofia, 1900, p. 155
  2. ^ Schultze Jena, Leonhard. Makedonien: Landschafts- und Kulturbilder. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1927
  3. ^ 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. 142.