Volkovija, Mavrovo and Rostuša

Village in Polog, North Macedonia

Volkovija

Волковија
Vallkavi

Village

Houses in the village Volkovija

Volkovija

Location within North Macedonia

Coordinates: 41°42′56″N 20°40′08″E﻿ / ﻿41.71556°N 20.66889°E﻿ / 41.71556; 20.66889
Country|  North Macedonia
Region|  Polog
Municipality|  Mavrovo and Rostuša
Population

(2021)

• Total| 21
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates| GV
Website| .

Volkovija (Macedonian: Волковија, Albanian: Vallkavi) is a village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia.

## Demographics[edit]

Volkovija (Vukovja) is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the ziamet of Reka which was under the authority of Karagöz Bey. The village had a total of six households and the anthroponymy recorded depicts an almost exclusively Albanian character: Progon Domi, Pop Radoslav, Kolë Domi, Kolë Domi the other, Andrije Domi, and Muzhava Domi.[1]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Volkovija was inhabited by 120 Serbophone Orthodox Albanians 69 Muslim Albanians.[2]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 89 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]

* Albanians 80
* Macedonians 9

As of the 2021 census, Volkovija had 21 residents with the following ethnic composition:[4]

* Albanians 15
* Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 6

## References[edit]

1. ^ Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 126.
2. ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm
3. ^ 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. 135.
4. ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021

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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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