Labuništa
| Labuništa Лабуништа |
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 Labuništa
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| Coordinates: 41°16′6″N 20°35′45″E / 41.26833°N 20.59583°ECoordinates: 41°16′6″N 20°35′45″E / 41.26833°N 20.59583°E | |
| Country |  Macedonia |
| Municipality | Struga municipality |
| Elevation | +695 m (2,280 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 5,936 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 6336 |
| Area code(s) | +389 |
| Car plates | OH |
| Website | www.labunista.com.mk |
Labuništa (Macedonian: Лабуништа, Albanian: Labunishtë or Llabunisht) is a village in the southwestern region of the Republic of Macedonia, located in Struga Municipality.
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[edit] Geography
The village of Labuništa is located at 865 m (2,838 ft) above sea level on the Eastern side of the Jablanica mountain range. The village is located around 15 km (9 mi) from Struga, the closest town. The nearest villages to Labuništa include Podgorci (1.1 km/0.68 mi), Boroec (2.3 km/1.4 mi), Vevčani (3.1 km/1.9 mi) and Oktisi (4.1 km/2.5 mi). The village is located close to the Black Drim river and the Globočica lake.
[edit] Demographics
[edit] Demographic History
According to Vasil Kanchov's study of Macedonia in 1900, "Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics", (Bulgarian: Македония. Етнография и статистика, Makedonija. Etnografija i statistika), counted the village as having 660 Bulgarian Christian and 800 Muslim (Torbeš) inhabitants.[1]
Dimitar Mišev's 1905 study of the Bulgarian Exarchate, Macedonia and it's Christian population (French: La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne), counted 128 exarchists in and 512 patriachists in the village.[2] According to 1961 data by anthropologist Joel Halpern the village's population was composed of 2,345 Torbeš and 380 Macedonians.[3]
[edit] Demographics today
According to the 2002 national census, 5,936 people live in the village.[4] Many of the Christians had left the village.[citation needed]
- Albanians - 4,288 (85%)
- Turks - 879 (14%)
- Macedonians - 371 (0,5%)
- Others - 421 (0,5%)
[edit] Notable people
- Angelko Krstić, (1871 - 1952) - author and playwright
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Македония. Етнография и статистика, 1900
- ^ D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, р.164-165.
- ^ Brunnbauer, Ulf (2009). Transnational societies, transterritorial politics: migrations in the (post-) Yugoslav region, 19th-21st century. Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag. p. 223. ISBN 9783486591637. http://books.google.com/books?id=YGLhjwzwLm8C&pg=PA223. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
- ^ Macedonian census, language and religion
[edit] External links
- Website of Labuništa village (1) (Macedonian)
- Website of Labuništa village (2) (Macedonian)
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