Dolno Količani
Dolno Količani | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| - transcription(s) | |
| • Macedonian | Долно Количани |
| • Albanian | Koliçan i Poshtëm |
| • Turkish | Аşağı Koliçan |
 Dolno Količani | |
  Dolno Količani Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°53′N 21°29′E / 41.883°N 21.483°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Skopje |
| Municipality |  Studeničani |
| Population (2012) | |
• Total | 1,831 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | SK |
| Website | . |
Dolno Količani (Macedonian: Долно Количани) is a village in the municipality of Studeničani, North Macedonia.
Demographics
[edit]On the 1927 ethnic map of Leonhard Schulze-Jena, the village is shown as an Albanian village.[1]
Dolno Količani has traditionally been inhabited by a Torbeš population. The village appears in 15th century Ottoman documents written in the form of Dollna Kluçani.[2] During the great migration movements in Macedonia at the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th centuries, Muslims left the Debar area for the central regions of Macedonia and established themselves in villages such as Dolno Količani located in the Skopje area.[3][4]
According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 1.831 inhabitants.[5] Ethnic groups in the village include:[5]
| Year | Macedonian | Albanian | Turks | Romani | Vlachs | Serbs | Bosniaks | Others | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 1.507 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1.510 |
| 2021 | ... | 12 | 1.739 | ... | ... | ... | 11 | 69 | 1.831 |
References
[edit]- ^ Schultze Jena, Leonhard. Makedonien: Landschafts- und Kulturbilder. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1927
- ^ MIKROTOPONIMIA E KARSHIAKËS SË SHKUPIT/edicioni i dytë X Idrizi Shkup, 2017. page 44 "Emrin e këtij fshati e hasim edhe në dokumentet turke195 të shekullit XV të shkruar në trajtën Dollna Kluçani."
- ^ Vidoeski, Božidar (1998). Dijalektite na makedonskiot jazik. Vol. 1. Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite. ISBN 9789989649509. p. 126. "Еден дел од торбешката група, кои на крајот на XVII век и во почетокот на XVIII-иот, во времето на големите миграциони движења во Македонија, ја напуштило старата територија (Дебарско) и се преселило во централните области на Македонија. Така се формирале шет торбешки села во Скопско (Пагаруша, Д. Количани, Држилово, Цветово, Елово, Умово) и две Велешко (Г. Врановци и Мелница)."
- ^ Idrizi, Xhemaludin (2003). Mikrotoponimia e Karshikës së Shkupit [Microtoponyms of Skopje's Karshiaka region. Skopje: Interdiskont. pp. 17, 46. ISBN 9989-815-37-2.
- ^ a b Macedonian Census (2021), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021
