Matka, Saraj

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Matka ({{langx|mk|Матка}}, {{langx|sq|Matkë}}) is a village in the municipality of Saraj, North Macedonia.

History

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Matka was inhabited by 120 Muslim Albanians and 60 Christian Bulgarians Albanians.Vasil Kanchov (1900). [http://www.promacedonia.org/vk/vk_2_42.htm Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics]. Sofia. p. 264. In 1905 Dimitar Mishev Brancoff gathered statistics about the Christian population of Macedonia, in which the village of Matka appears as consisting of 56 Bulgarian Exarchists and 42 Christian Albanians.D.M.Brancoff (1905). La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne. Paris. pp. 114.

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 466 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2021), [http://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/en/MakStat/MakStat__Popisi__Popis2021__NaselenieVkupno__PodatociNaselenie/T1503P21.px/table/tableViewLayout2/?rxid=46ee0f64-2992-4b45-a2d9-cb4e5f7ec5ef Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion], The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021

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!Year

!Macedonian

!Albanian

!Turks

!Romani

!Vlachs

!Serbs

!Bosniaks

!Others

!Total

2002

|167

|300

|...

|...

|...

|1

|...

|...

|468

2021

|157

|248

|...

|...

|...

|1

|5

|55

|466

See also

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