Kišava

Kišava
Kišava ; Кишава; Këshavë
	Village
	Kišava
	Kišava Location within North Macedonia
	Coordinates: 40°52′59″N 21°19′0″E
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Pelagonia
Municipality	Bitola
Elevation	881 m (2,890 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	308
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	7223
Area code(s)	+389 047
Car plates	BT
Website	.

Kišava, (Macedonian: Кишава, Albanian: Këshavë) is a village in the municipality of Bitola, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Bistrica.

It is located about 20 km south of Bitola and is accessed by narrow mountainous roads. The main road that links the village to other villages and the nearest city was built in the 1970s.

Demographics

Kišava is populated by Muslim Albanians.[1] From the 1950s onward, people from Kišava began migrating to nearby settlements like Medžitlija or going abroad to other countries for better opportunities. As such, a sizable diaspora from the village exists in the suburb of South Dandenong in Melbourne, Australia.[2]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 308 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]

Albanians 307
Macedonians 1

Panorama of Kišava showing the Pelagonia valley in the far west and the Baba mountains to far east

Economy

The main occupation of villagers in Kišava is farming and herding. The most known product of this village is the Kišava bean. Local villagers also rely on milk production as their main income. In recent times, the local economy has experienced a downturn affecting Kišava with expenses going up and income somewhat in decline.

Kišava is surrounded especially on its western confines by the Baba mountain range and frequented by people who come to camp at a place called "Demikapt". Its local fauna is full of flowers. Tourists come to Kišava, often from Canada, Australia, United States, Switzerland and Turkey. Many Albanians from the village diaspora also come back to Kišava for a visit, especially during the summer holiday months.

Gallery

Kišava village
Traditional architecture of Kišava
Road in Kišava
Primary school in Kišava
Houses in Kišava
Mosque of Kišava
Fields of Kišava toward the Baba mountain range
Fields of Kišava
Horses grazing on Kišava mountain slope
Horse grazing in Kišava field
Kišava village

References

Godišen zbornik (1969). Volumes 17-18. Univerzitet vo Skopje. Geografski institut. p. 171.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) "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."
"After World War II". Immigration Museum. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 69.

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[Godisenzbornik171-1] Godišen zbornik (1969). Volumes 17-18. Univerzitet vo Skopje. Geografski institut. p. 171.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) "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."

[ImmMuswii-2] "After World War II". Immigration Museum. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

[Statisticaloffice-3] Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 69.