Zdunje
Zdunje (Macedonian: Здуње, Albanian: Zdunjë, Turkish: Zdunye) is a village in the municipality of Gostivar, North Macedonia.
Zdunje
Здуње Zdunjë Zdunye | |
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Village | |
  Zdunje Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°47′39″N 20°52′32″E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Polog |
| Municipality |  Gostivar |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 1,410 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | GV |
| Website | . |
History
According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Zdunje appears as being largely inhabited by an Orthodox Christian Albanian population. Due to Slavicisation, some families had a mixed Slav-Albanian anthroponomy - usually a Slavic first name and an Albanian last name or last names with Albanian patronyms and Slavic suffixes.
The names are: Gjorgji Arbanas; Mill, son of Doksa; Daba, of his brother; Mano Arbanas (t. Arnaut); Ggjin Protogjer.[1]
Demographics
As of the 2021 census, Zdunje had 1,140 residents with the following ethnic composition:[2]
- Albanians 730
- Turks 532
- Macedonians 77
- Persons from whom data are taken from administrative sources 70
- Others 1
According to the 2002 census, the village is multiethnical with a total of 2140 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]
- Albanians 998
- Turks 659
- Macedonians 467
- Romani 9
- Serbs 1
- Others 9
References
- Rexha, Iljaz (2011). "Vendbanimet dhe popullsia albane gjatë mesjetës në hapësirën e Maqedonisë së sotme: Sipas burimeve sllave dhe osmane". Gjurmime Albanologjike: Seria e Shkencave Historike (41–42): 115.
- 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. 86.
