Čegrane

Coordinates: 41°50′20″N 20°58′32″E / 41.83889°N 20.97556°E / 41.83889; 20.97556
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Čegrane
Чегране
Çegran
Village
Car plates
GV

Čegrane (Macedonian: Чегране; Albanian: Çegran) is a village in the municipality of Gostivar, North Macedonia. The village lies approximately 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) east of the city of Gostivar. Prior to merging with Gostivar Municipality, Čegrane was the seat of Čegrane Municipality.[when?]

History

Ottoman era

According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Čegrane appears as being inhabited by an Orthodox Christian Albanian population. Some families had a mixed Slav-Albanian anthroponomy - usually a Slavic first name and an Albanian last name or last names with Albanian patronyms and Slavic suffixes.

The names are: Gjon Arbanas (t. Arnaut); Gjin, son of Arbanas; Nik-o, son of Don-li; Kraj-o, son of Dan; Brajk-o, son of Donçe; Kraj-o, son of Dançe.[1]

At the beginning of the 19th century Čegrane was a predominantly

Muslim Albanian inhabitants.[2] In 1913, the village came under the control of the Kingdom of Serbia along with the rest of Vardar Macedonia. According to the Russian Slavist Afanasij Selishchev in 1929, Čegrane was the center of municipality of five villages.[3]

Kosovo conflict (1999): Refugee camp

During the

humanitarian care, until safe passage was available back to Kosovo
.

Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Čegrane had 4,022 residents with the following ethnic composition:[8]

  • Albanians 3,832
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 188
  • Others 2

According to Selishchev, the village had 234 houses with 1,364 Albanian inhabitants Albanians in 1929.[citation needed] According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 6748 inhabitants.[9] Ethnic groups in the village include:[9]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Čegrane was inhabited by 2171 Muslim Albanians.[10]

Sports

The local football club KF Arsimi plays in the Macedonian Second Football League.

References

  1. ^ Rexha, Iljaz (2011). "Vendbanimet dhe popullsia albane gjatë mesjetës në hapësirën e Maqedonisë së sotme: Sipas burimeve sllave dhe osmane". Gjurmime Albanologjike: Seria e Shkencave Historike (41–42): 115.
  2. ISBN 954430424X
    . с. 214.
  3. ^ Афанасий Селищев. „Полог и его болгарское население. Исторические, этнографические и диалектологические очерки северо-западной Македонии“. – София, 1929, стр. 26.
  4. ^
    ISBN 9781845969653
    . Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  5. ^ "CARE manages second refugee camp in Macedonia" (Press release). CARE. 26 April 1999. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  6. ISBN 9789211008562
    , retrieved 1 April 2013
  7. ISBN 9781860649745
    . Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  8. ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  9. ^ 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. 191.
  10. ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm
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