Matejče
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Matejče
Матејче Mateç | |
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Village | |
  Matejče Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 42°07′32″N 21°35′52″E / 42.1256°N 21.5978°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Southeastern |
| Municipality |  Lipkovo |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 3,394 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | KU |
| Website | . |
Matejče (Macedonian: Матејче; Template:Country data Mateç) is a village in the municipality of Lipkovo, North Macedonia. The village is known for the Serbian Orthodox Monastery of the Most Holy Mother of God, in the Skopska Crna Gora, at a height of 1005 metres, which was built in the 14th century.
Demographics
According to the statistics of the Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900, 400 inhabitants lived in the village of Matejče, of which 536 were Albanians, 52 Romani and 50 Bulgarians.[1]
According to the Secretary of the Bulgarian Exarchate Dimitar Mišev ("La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne"), in 1905 there were 104 Bulgarians in Matejče.[2]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 3394 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]
- Albanians 3012
- Serbs 325
- Macedonians 17
- Others 39
References
- ^ Vasil Kanchov. "Macedonia. "Ethnography and statistics." Sofia, 1900 p. 217
- ^ Brancoff, D.M. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne. Avec deux cartes ethnographiques", Paris, 1905 р. 126-127
- ^ 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. 132.
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