Oktisi

Oktisi (Macedonian: Октиси, Albanian: Oktis) is a village in the municipality of Struga, North Macedonia.[1]

Oktisi
Oktis
Village
Октиси
Detail from basilica near Oktisi
Oktisi
Oktis
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°13′57″N 20°36′25″E
Country North Macedonia
Region Southwestern
Municipality Struga
Elevation
750 m (2,460 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total2,479
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)+38946
Car platesSU

History

In 1900, Vasil Kanchov gathered and compiled statistics on demographics in the area and reported that the village of Oktisi was inhabited by about 840 Bulgarian Christians and 550 Bulgarian Muslims.[2]

The "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne" survey by Dimitar Mishev (D. Brankov) concluded that the Christian part of the local population in 1905 was composed of 1016 Bulgarian Exarchists. There was a Bulgarian school in the beginning of 20th century[3]

Demographics

Oktisi has traditionally been inhabited by Orthodox Christian Macedonians/Bulgarian and a Macedonian Muslim/Bulgarian Muslim (Torbeš) population.[4][5][6]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 2479 inhabitants.[7] Ethnic groups in the village include:[7]

References
  1. "Oktisi Struga, Macedonia - Oktisi Struga | Oktisi map". makedonija.name. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
  2. Vasil Kanchov (1901). Кънчов, Васил. Македония. Етнография и статистика, София, 1900, стр. 254. (Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics, p. 254. Accessed 30 January 2018 (in Bulgarian)
  3. D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, pp. 164-165. Accessed 30 January 2018 (in French)
  4. Hendriks, P. (1976). The Radožda-Vevčani Dialect of Macedonian: Structure, Texts, Lexicon. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 5. ISBN 9789031600892.
  5. Vidoeski, Božidar (1998). Dijalektite na makedonskiot jazik. Vol. 1. Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite. ISBN 9789989649509. p. 333. "Исламизираните Македонци во струшките села Јабланица, Боро(в)ец, Октиси, Подгорци и Лабуништа живеат заедно со православното население.".
  6. Етнография на Македония. Извори и материали в два тома, т. 2, София 1992, с. 72. Рапорт на Яким Деребанов - "Горната махала е населена от българи-християни, а долната от българи-мухамедани".
  7. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 181.


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