Desovo
Десово Desovë | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 41°27′45″N 21°29′28″E / 41.46250°N 21.49111°E | |
Country | North Macedonia |
Region | Pelagonia |
Municipality | Dolneni |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 1,108 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Area code | +38948 |
Car plates | PP |
Website | . |
Desovo (Macedonian: Десово, Albanian: Desovë) is a village in the municipality of Dolneni, North Macedonia.
The village of Desovo was a center of the Albanian Movement in the area.[1] In September 1912, Serb majors M. Vasić and Vasilije Trbić, a Chetnik commander operating from Porečje region, gathered 30 Chetniks and travelled to the village of Desovo where they shot 111 Albanian men and razed the village.[1][2] Desovo was once again razed in 1929 by Serb Chetnik bands active in the region.[1] The event led to the first wave of migrations of Desovo Albanians mainly to Turkey, with some others going abroad to the United States and Australia.[1] In 1948 Desovo numbered around 1,500 inhabitants mostly Albanians.[1] Due to the sociopolitical pressures experienced within post war communist Yugoslavia under Aleksandar Ranković, between 1963 and 1968 most of the remaining Albanians in Desovo migrated to Turkey.[1] In the 21st century, the village population is made up of Macedonians, Bosniaks and national Albanian sentiments among remaining Albanians have somewhat dissipated with assimilation being an issue.[1] An Albanian school functions for the small Albanian community.[1]
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Desovo was inhabited by 40 Bulgarian Christians, 75 Romani and 625 Muslim Albanians.[3]
According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 1.108 inhabitants.[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]
Year | Macedonian | Albanian | Turks | Romani | Vlachs | Serbs | Bosniaks | Others | Total |
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2002 | 145 | 290 | 20 | ... | ... | 3 | 566 | 2 | 1.026 |
2021 | 76 | 347 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 603 | 74 | 1.108 |