Jelovjane (Macedonian: Јеловјане, Albanian: Jellovjan) is a village in the municipality of Bogovinje, North Macedonia.
Jelovjane | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Јеловјане Jellovjani | |
  Jelovjane Location within Republic of Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°58′N 20°54′E / 41.967°N 20.900°ECoordinates: 41°58′N 20°54′E / 41.967°N 20.900°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Polog |
| Municipality |  Bogovinje |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 283 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | TE |
| Website | . |
DemographicsEdit
Jelovjane has traditionally been inhabited by a Muslim Macedonian (Torbeš) population stemming from the Gorani community.[1][2] Villagers of Jelovjane speak the Slavic (Macedonian) Gorani dialect.[1]
As of the 2021 census, Jelovjane had 283 residents with the following ethnic composition:[3]
- Turks 173
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 68
- Macedonians 9
- Albanians 8
- Others 25
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 599 inhabitants.[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]
- Turks 539
- Albanians 40
- Bosniaks 8
- Macedonians 5
- Others 7
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b Vidoeski, Božidar (1998). Dijalektite na makedonskiot jazik. Vol. 1. Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite. ISBN 9789989649509. p. 309. "Во западна Македонија исламизирано македонско население живее во неколку географски региони на македонско-албанската пограничје:... во Полог (Јеловјане, Урвич)."; p. 315. "Автентичниот горански говор добро го чуваат и жителите во муслиманските оази Урвич и Јеловјане во Тетовско иако тие подолго време живеат во друго дијалектно окружување."
- ^ Гласник Српског географског друштва (1947). Volumes 27-30. Srpsko geografsko društvo. p. 107. "Данашњи становници Урвича и Јеловјана на супротној, полошкој страни Шар-Планине, пореклом су Горани."
- ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
- ^ 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. 110.
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