Krakornica
Krakornica (Macedonian: Кракорница, Albanian: Krakarnicë) is a village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia.
Krakornica
Кракорница Krakarnicë | |
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Village | |
 Traditional old house in the village | |
  Krakornica Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°45′N 20°42′E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Polog |
| Municipality |  Mavrovo and Rostuša |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 15 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | GV |
| Website | . |
Geography
Krakornica is located between the Korab and Šar Mountains. It is located 31km from the town of Gostivar. At an altitude of 1530 m, it is considered the highest inhabited settlement in North Macedonia.[1]
Demographics
Krakornica (Kurakornica) is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the ziamet of Reka. The settlement had a total of three households represented by household heads all bearing Albanian anthroponymy.[2]
According to Ethnographie des Vilayets D'Andrinople, de Monastir, et de Salonique, published in Constantinople in 1878, the village had a total of 80, households with 83 Muslim Albanian and 120 Orthodox Albanian inhabitants.[3] In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Krakornica was inhabited by 180 Orthodox Albanians and 180 Muslim Albanians.[4] In 1905 in statistics gathered by Dimitar Mishev Brancoff, Krakornica was inhabited by 210 Albanians and had a Bulgarian school.[5]
Due to the Balkan Wars, Muslim residents of Krakornica abandoned the village.[6]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 15 inhabitants, all of which Macedonians.[7]
According to the 2021 census, Krakornica had 1 resident with the following ethnic composition:[8]
References
- Панов, Митко (1998). Енциклопедија на селата во Република Македонија: географски, демографски, и аграрни обележја (in Macedonian). p. 162.
- Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 128.
Gjon Vuçe, Gjon Gjirgjiti (possibly, Gjergjeti), and Miho Mekshe
- "Section: Ethnographie du Vilayet de Monastir (Bitolia), p. 55.". Ethnographic des Vilayets d'Andrinople, de Monastir, et de Salonique. Constantinople. 1878.
- Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 264.
- D.M.Brancoff (1905). La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne. Paris. pp. 184-185.
- Sherafedin Kaso (2005). The settlements with Muslim population in Macedonia. Logos-A. p. 163. ISBN 978-9989-58-155-7.
- Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 136.
- Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
