Konjari (Macedonian: Коњари, Albanian: Kojnare) is an uninhabited village in the municipality of Debar, North Macedonia.
Konjari
Коњари Kojnare | |
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Village | |
 Airview of the village | |
  Konjari Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°31′23″N 20°28′51″E / 41.52306°N 20.48083°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Southwestern |
| Municipality |  Debar |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | DB |
| Website | . |
History edit
In 1224, an Albanian landowner by the name of Gjergj Skorra was explicitly mentioned in correspondence by the archbishop of Ohrid. He is believed to have owned lands in and around Konjar as a vassal of the noble Albanian Gropa family, and there is still a local tribe in the region known as 'Skorra'.[1]
Demographics edit
The 1971 Yugoslav census was the last to record any people as residing in the village which contained 415 inhabitants, of which 414 were Albanians and 1 Macedonian.[2] According to the 2002 census, the village had 0 inhabitants.[3]
References edit
- ^ Xhufi, Pëllumb (2011). "Maqedonia Perëndimore në historinë e arbërve të shek. V I I - XV". Qendra e Studimeve Albanologjike (1–2): 7–24.
- ^ Sherafedin Kaso (2005). The settlements with Muslim population in Macedonia. Logos-A. p. 156. ISBN 978-9989-58-155-7.
- ^ Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 89.
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