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Labuništa
Лабуништа— Village — Location within Macedonia Coordinates: 41°16′6″N 20°35′45″E / 41.26833°N 20.59583°ECoordinates: 41°16′6″N 20°35′45″E / 41.26833°N 20.59583°E Country Macedonia
Municipality Struga municipality Elevation +695 m (2,280 ft) Time zone CET (UTC+1) – Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) Postal code 6336 Area code(s) +389 Car plates OH Website www.labunista.com.mk Labuništa (Macedonian: Лабуништа) is a village in the southwestern region of the Republic of Macedonia, located in Struga Municipality.
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Geography
The village of Labuništa is located at 865 m (2,838 ft) above sea level on the Eastern side of the Jablanica mountain range. The village is located around 15 km (9 mi) from Struga, the closest town. The nearest villages to Labuništa include Podgorci (1.1 km/0.68 mi), Boroec (2.3 km/1.4 mi), Vevčani (3.1 km/1.9 mi) and Oktisi (4.1 km/2.5 mi). The village is located close to the Black Drim river and the Globočica lake.
Demographics
Demographic History
According to Vasil Kanchov's study of Macedonia in 1900, "Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics", (Bulgarian: Македония. Етнография и статистика, Makedonija. Etnografija i statistika), counted the village as having 660 Bulgarian Christian and 800 Muslim (Torbeš) inhabitants.[1]
Dimitar Mišev's 1905 study of the Bulgarian Exarchate, Macedonia and it's Christian population (French: La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne), counted 128 exarchists in and 512 patriachists in the village.[2]
Demographics today
By 2002 the population of the village had increased to 11,695 inhabitants. Many of the Christians had left the village.
- Albanians - 7,288
- Turks - 986
- Macedonians - 371
- Romani - 3
- Aromanians - 1
- Serbians - 1
- Bosniaks - 54
- Others - 3,362
Notable people
- Angelko Krstić, (1871 - 1952) - author and playwright
See also
References
- ^ Македония. Етнография и статистика, 1900
- ^ D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, р.164-165.
External links
- Website of Labuništa village (1) (Macedonian)
- Website of Labuništa village (2) (Macedonian)
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