Tanuše
Tanuše (Macedonian: Тануше, Albanian: Tanushaj) is a village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia.
Tanuše
Тануше Tanushaj | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Tanuše Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°43′N 20°34′E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Polog |
| Municipality |  Mavrovo and Rostuša |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 16 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | GV |
| Website | . |
History
In 1913, the imam of Tanuše, Malik Mema was the leader of an uprising in Upper Reka against Serbian military forces that managed to free all villages up to Zdunje, near Gostivar.[1] During the 2001 insurgency in northern Macedonia, Macedonian armed forces and police desecrated part of the interior of the village mosque so as to prevent possible usage by Albanian National Liberation Army (NLA) units.[1] Due to the village of Tanuše being affected by the conflict, some residents migrated thereafter to other places.[1][2]
Demographics
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 16 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]
- Albanians 16
See also
References
- Sherafedin Kaso (2005). The settlements with Muslim population in Macedonia. Logos-A. p. 328. ISBN 978-9989-58-155-7. "It is situated at the top of Korab, at an altitude of 1200 meters. The village mosque exists as a monument to the past. During 2001 the military-police forces of Macedonia desecrated the interior part of the mosque with the intention that it does not serve the NLA units. The head of the highlander uprising of Upper Reka in 1913 against the Serb forces has been the imam of this mosque, Malik Mema, who managed to free all villages all the way to Zdunje of Gostivar."
- Pieroni, Andrea; Rexhepi, Besnik; Nedelcheva, Anely; Hajdari, Avni; Mustafa, Behxhet; Kolosova, Valeria (2013). "One century later: the folk botanical knowledge of the last remaining Albanians of the upper Reka Valley, Mount Korab, Western Macedonia". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 9 (1): 2. doi:10.1186/1746-4269-9-22. PMC 3648429. PMID 23578063. "The same villages were inhabited a few decades ago by hundreds of locals, who mostly migrated to the nearby towns of Gostivar and Skopje, as well as abroad for work or (as in Tanushaj) as a consequence of a (minor) Macedonian portion of the last Yugoslavian Wars."
- Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 136.