Lešnica, Kičevo
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Lešnica
Лешница Leshnicë | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°34′17″N 20°54′33″E / 41.57139°N 20.90917°E | |
| Country | File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia |
| Region | File:Logo of Southwestern Region, North Macedonia.svg Southwestern |
| Municipality | File:Coat of arms of Kičevo Municipality.svg Kičevo |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 95 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | KI |
| Website | . |
Lešnica (Macedonian: Лешница, Albanian: Leshnicë) is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former Zajas Municipality.
Demographics
The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village had a total of 15 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred).[1] According to the 1942 Albanian census, Lešnica was inhabited by a 128 Muslim Albanians and 103 Serbian-speaking Orthodox Albanians.[2] As of the 2021 census, Lešnica had 95 residents with the following ethnic composition:[3]
- Albanians 70
- Macedonians 20
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 5
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 219 inhabitants.[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]
- Albanians 182
- Macedonians 37
References
- ↑ Qerim Dalipi. "NAHIJA E KËRÇOVËS SIPAS REGJISTRIMIT TË VITEVE 1467-1468 (Aspekte shoqërore)". Gjurmime Albanologjike - Seria e shkencave historike 47:29-48.
- ↑ "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".
- ↑ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 103.