Mirkovci, North Macedonia

Mirkovci (Macedonian: Мирковци) is a village in the municipality of Čučer-Sandevo, North Macedonia.

Mirkovci
Мирковци
Village
Mirkovci is located in North Macedonia
Mirkovci
Mirkovci
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 42°05′40″N 21°24′23″E / 42.094315°N 21.406387°E / 42.094315; 21.406387
Country North Macedonia
Region Skopje
Municipality Čučer-Sandevo
Population
 (2021)
 • Total1,165
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
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Demographics edit

According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Mirkovci appears as being inhabited by a Christian Albanian population. Some families had a mixed Slav-Albanian anthroponomy - usually a Slavic first name and an Albanian last name or last names with Albanian patronyms and Slavic suffixes.[1]

As of the 2021 census, Mirkovci had 1,165 residents with the following ethnic composition:[2]

  • Macedonians 894
  • Serbs 77
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 172
  • Others 16
  • Vlachs 6

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 969 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Rexha, Iljaz (2012). "POPULLSIA ALBANE GJATË MESJETËS NË HAPSIRËN E MAQEDONISË SË SOTME". Gjurmime Albanologjike (43): 33. The names are: Mark-o son of Gjon, Nikola son of Kond-iç, Oliver son of Sim-ko-s, Pepa son of Nikola, Milosh son of Goja, Niko son of Donko, Dabzhiv son of Dushman, Niko son of Drala, Lazar son of Dushaman, Goja son of Penush, Boj-ka son of Dralin, Dralin son of Petro, Stepan son of Çoçko, Novak son of Çoç-ko, Rel-in son of Gjon, Miretush star (old man), Ton-ka, star (old man), Dral-in siromah (poor), Ton-ka Mirça, Niko son of Dona.
  2. ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  3. ^ 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. 192.