Rostuša

Village in Polog, North Macedonia

Rostušе

Ростушe

Village

Ростуше

Rostuše

Rostušе

Location within North Macedonia

Coordinates: 41°37′N 20°36′E﻿ / ﻿41.617°N 20.600°E﻿ / 41.617; 20.600
Country|  North Macedonia
Region|  Polog
Municipality|  Mavrovo and Rostuša
Population

(2002)

• Total| 872
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates| GV
Website| .

Rostuša (Macedonian: Ростуша) is a village and seat of the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia.

## History[edit]

In the Middle Ages the village was known as Radostuša. In 1426 Gjon Kastrioti and his three sons (one being Skanderbeg) donated the right to the proceeds from taxes collected from the villages Rostuša and Trebište and from the church of Saint Mary, which was in one of them, to Hilandar.[1]

From 1929 to 1941, Rostuša was part of the Vardar Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

## Culture[edit]

A church dedicated to the Holy Mother of God was dedicated in 2023, a reconstruction of an older church.[2] Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery is located nearby.

## Demographics[edit]

Rostuša has traditionally been inhabited by Orthodox Macedonians and a Torbeš population.[3]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 872 inhabitants.[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]

* Macedonians 397
* Turks 427
* Albanians 41
* Bosniaks 2
* Others 5

## References[edit]

1. ^ Slijepčević, Đoko M. (1983). Srpsko-arbanaški odnosi kroz vekove sa posebnim osvrtom na novije vreme (in Serbian). Himelstir. p. 45. Retrieved 7 July 2011. "Заједно са синовима Константином, Репошем и Ђурђем приложио је Иван Кастриот манастиру Хиландару село Радосуше са црквом св. Богородице и село Требиште....(Together with his sons Konstantin, Repoš and Đurađ, Ivan Kastriot donated village Radosuše with church of saint Mary and village Trebište to the monastery Hilandar...)"
2. ^ "ОСВЕТЕНА ЦРКВАТА ВО РОСТУШЕ: Голем број верници денеска дојдоа на осветувањето на сечесниот храм на Пресвета Богородица". Denesen. 30 July 2023.
3. ^ Vidoeski, Božidar (1998). Dijalektite na makedonskiot jazik. Vol. 1. Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite. ISBN 9789989649509. p. 214. "Заедно со македонско христијанско население Торбеши живеат и во селата: Могорче, Требиште, Велебрдо, Ростуше, Јанче, Долно Косоврасти (во Река),"
4. ^ a b Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 167.

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Villages in Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality

Seat:|

* Rostuša

Village(s):|

* Adžievci
* Beličica
* Bibaj
* Bituše
* Bogdevo
* Boletin
* Cerovo
* Duf
* Galičnik
* Grekaj
* Janče
* Kičinica
* Krakornica
* Lazaropole
* Leunovo
* Mavrovi Anovi
* Mavrovo
* Ničpur
* Nikiforovo
* Nistrovo
* Nivište
* Novo Selo
* Orḱuše
* Prisojnica
* Ribnica
* Rosoki
* Selce
* Sence
* Skudrinje
* Sretkovo
* Sušica
* Tanuše
* Trebište
* Tresonče
* Velebrdo
* Viduše
* Volkovija
* Vrben
* Vrbjani
* Žirovnica
* Žužnje

Former Village(s):|

* Dobovo
* Trnica
* Zavojsko

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