Gorno Melničani (Macedonian: Горно Мелничани) is an uninhabited village in the municipality of Centar Župa, North Macedonia.
Gorno Melničani | |
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Village | |
| Горно Мелничани | |
 Airview of the village | |
  Gorno Melničani Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°31′08″N 20°35′17″E / 41.51889°N 20.58806°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Southwestern |
| Municipality |  Centar Župa |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | DB |
| Website | . |
Demographics
editGorno Melničani (Gorna-Menliçani) 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 attested depicts a mixed Albanian-Slavic character with instances of Slavicisation; as is depicted in the case of Andrija Zogovići, his surname being formed from the Albanian zog ("bird") and Slavic suffix -ići.[1]
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Gorno Melničani was inhabited by 193 Bulgarians.[2]
Gorno Melničani has traditionally been inhabited by an Orthodox Macedonian and Torbeš population.[3]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 0 inhabitants.[4]
References
edit- ^ Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 117.
- ^ "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".
- ^ Vidoeski, Božidar (1998). Dijalektite na makedonskiot jazik. Vol. 1. Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite. ISBN 9789989649509. p. 326. "Население со мајчин јазик македонски живее во гр. Дебар (од двете конфесии), во селата: Присовјани, Локов, Збажди, Р’жаново, Буринец, Селци (православни) - во Малесија, Горно Косоврасти, Р’ковци, Кочишта, Мал и Голем Папрадник (муслимани), Долно Косоврасти, Мелничани, Броштица, Житинени, Горенци (од двете конфесии), Елевци, Рајчица, Пареши, Баниште (православни)."
- ^ Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 188.
