Demir Hisar (town)
{{Other uses|Demir Hisar (disambiguation)}}
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Demir Hisar ({{langx|mk|Демир Хисар}} {{IPA|mk|dɛˈmir‿xisar||Mk-Demir Hisar.ogg}}) (formerly Murgaševo until 1946) is a small town in North Macedonia. It is the seat of Demir Hisar Municipality.
Etymology
The name of the town comes from Ottoman Turkish Demir Hisar (Iron Fortress) when the settlement was part of the Ottoman Empire.
History
In the 1467/1468 Ottoman defter, Murgaševo had 115 households, 8 bachelors and 3 widows. The majority of household heads bore Slavic or general Christian personal names, however, when including kinship ties, the Albanian element constituted just under a quarter.{{cite book |last1=. Димитров |first1=Никола |title=ГЕОГРАФИЈА НА НАСЕЛБИ - Општина Демир Хисар - |date=2017 |publisher=Национална и универзитетска библиотека "Св. Климент Охридски", Скопје |location=Битола |page=27-28}}
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Murgaševo was inhabited by 240 Muslim Albanians.Vasil Kanchov (1900). [http://www.promacedonia.org/vk/vk_2_36.htm Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics]. Sofia. p. 238. In 1905 in statistics gathered by Dimitar Mishev Brancoff, Murgaševo was inhabited by 240 Muslim Albanians.D.M.Brancoff (1905). La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne. Paris. pp. 172-173.
The population of Demir Hisar (Murgaševo) are Tosks, a southern subgroup of Albanians.{{cite book|last=Indogermanische Gesellschaft|title=Indogermanisches Jahrbuch, Vol. 13|year=1929|publisher=Karl J. Trübner|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S6fNAAAAMAAJ&q=Ostrec+geg|pages=183}} "Monastir (Bitol) auch für das Studium des Alb. geeignet: Ostrec (11 km von Monastir), Zlokućani haben geg., Dihovo, Bratindol, Magarevo, Ramna, Kažani, Dolenci, Lera, Crnovec, Drevenik, Murgašovo tosk. Bevölkerung. Die tosk." In the 2010s, only three Albanian families remain in Demir Hisar and nearby Albanian villagers from Obednik are assisting the community in efforts to repair the dilapidated old village mosque.Hasani, Qenan (30 July 2011). "[http://koha.mk/arkivi/files.php?force&file=koha_pdf/30_31_07_11_468506839.pdf Obednikasit ndihmojnë xhaminë e Murgashovës, I shpëtoi 2001-shit, rrezikohet tani [Obednik villagers assist the mosque of Demir Hisar, it escaped the events of 2001, though now is endangered]] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803134232/http://koha.mk/arkivi/files.php?force&file=koha_pdf%2F30_31_07_11_468506839.pdf |date=2017-08-03 }}". Koha. p. 7.
Demographics
The Yugoslav census of 1953 recorded 902 people in Demir Hisar of whom 449 were Macedonians, 412 Turks, 27 Albanians and 14 others. The 1961 Yugoslav census recorded 1129 people of whom 1047 were Macedonians, 39 Albanians, 24 Turks, and 19 others. The 1971 Yugoslav census recorded 1828 people of whom 1731 were Macedonians, 34 Turks, 30 Albanians, 4 Romani, 1 Bosniak and 28 others. The 1981 Yugoslav census recorded 2283 people of whom were 2145 Macedonians, 75 Albanians, 19 Turks, 17 Romani and 27 others. The Macedonian census of 1994 recorded 2447 people of whom 2336 were Macedonians, 9 Albanians, 4 Turks and 98 others.{{cite book|author=Sherafedin Kaso|title=The settlements with Muslim population in Macedonia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zMCWdjCBjQYC&q=Demir+Hisar&pg=PA328|year=2005|publisher=Logos-A|isbn=978-9989-58-155-7|pages=74}}.
According to the 2002 census, the town had a total of 2593 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002), [http://www.stat.gov.mk/publikacii/knigaX.pdf Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion], The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 230.
- Macedonians 2,473 (95.37%)
- Albanians 62 (2.39%)
- Turks 22 (0.85%)
- Romani 11 (0.42%)
- Serbs 7 (0.27%)
- Vlachs 6 (0.23%)
- Bosniaks 2 (0.08%)
- Others 10 (0.39%)
As of the 2021 census, Demir Hisar had 2,431 residents with the following ethnic composition:[https://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/en/MakStat/MakStat__Popisi__Popis2021__NaselenieVkupno__PodatociNaselenie/T1503P21.px/table/tableViewLayout2/?rxid=cc8e0490-07b6-4002-adf4-9b4891b66655 Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021]
- Macedonians 2,281 (93.8%)
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 69 (2.8%)
- Albanians 39 (1.6%)
- Roma 16 (0.7%)
- Vlachs 9 (0.4%)
- Serbs 5 (0.2%)
- Others 12 (0.5%)
Gallery
ЏамијаМургашево.JPG|Old Ottoman-era mosque of Murgaševo (Demir Hisar)
Demir-hisarska nosija.jpg|Couple of Demir Hisar, dressed in folklore costume, photographed in the studio of the brothers Manaki in Bitola, 1916
DemirHisar (1).jpg|Council Seats House of Demir Hisar
Niz Demir Hisar (2).JPG|Main road to Demir Hisar, 2010
Niz Demir Hisar (3).JPG|Streets in Demir Hisar, 2010
References
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External links
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{{Demir Hisar Municipality}}
{{Towns in North Macedonia}}
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