Staro Zmirnovo (Macedonian: Старо Змирново, Albanian: Smirnovë e Vjetër) is a village in the municipality of Bitola, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Kukurečani.
Staro Zmirnovo
Старо Змирново Smirnovë e Vjetër | |
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Village | |
  Staro Zmirnovo Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°06′N 21°18′E / 41.100°N 21.300°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Pelagonia |
| Municipality |  Bitola |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | BT |
| Website | . |
Demographics edit
Staro Zmirnovo is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467/68 as a village in the vilayet of Manastir. The inhabitants attested bore typical Christian anthroponyms along with instances of Albanian and Slavic ones: Dimitri, son of Rade, Gjin, son of Sirak.[1]
Staro Zmirnovo has traditionally and exclusively been populated by Muslim Albanians.[2]
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Staro Zmirnovo was inhabited by 70 Muslim Albanians.[3]
As of the 2021 census, Staro Zmirnovo had zero residents.[4]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 10 inhabitants who self declared as Macedonians, their mother tongue as the Albanian language and being of the Muslim faith.[5]
References edit
- ^ Murati, Qemal (2022). "EMRA VETJAKË TË PROVENIENCËS SHQIPTARE NË VILAJETIN E MANASTIRIT NË DRITËN E DEFTERËVE OSMANË TË SHEK. XV". Studime Albanologjike. ITSH: 27.
ZMIRNOVO Gin, i biri i Sirak-ut; Dimitri, i biri i Rade-s; Stamat, i biri i Dimitri-t; Backo, i biri i Dimitri-t.
- ^ Godišen zbornik (1969). Volumes 17-18. Univerzitet vo Skopje. Geografski institut. p. 171. "Чисто албански села сега се: Арматуш, Кишава, Острец, Злокуќани, Снегово, Старо Змирново, Саждево, Јакреново, Борино, Норово, Древеник. При ослободувањето од турското владеење во 1912 г. оваа област имала повеќе чисто албански села."
- ^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 238.
- ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
- ^ Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 187, 265, 402.
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