Huma, North Macedonia

Huma
Ума or Хума (Macedonian)
Umă or Uma (Megleno Romanian)
Village
View of the entrance to the village
View of the entrance to the village
Huma is located in North Macedonia
Huma
Huma
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°11′9″N 22°19′35″E / 41.18583°N 22.32639°E / 41.18583; 22.32639
Country North Macedonia
Region Southeastern
Municipality Gevgelija
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
4
Demonymsumineț (sg. and pl.; in Megleno-Romanian)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Huma (Macedonian: Ума or Хума; Megleno Romanian: Umă[1][2] or Uma[1]) is a village located in the Gevgelija municipality of North Macedonia. It is only a few kilometres from the border with Greece.[3]

History

Huma was razed during World War I. During Bulgaria's occupation of Serbia in the war, the Megleno-Romanians of Huma were deported to occupied Aleksinac.[4]

Demographics

As of 2021, the village of Huma has 4 inhabitants and the ethnic composition was the following:[5]

Huma remained the only Megleno-Romanian village in modern North Macedonia following the Slavicisation of Konsko (Coinsco or Conițca) and Sermenin (Sirminină or Sirminina), previously also Megleno-Romanian villages in which, by the end of the 19th century, Megleno-Romanian was no longer spoken.[4] The demonym for Huma in Megleno-Romanian in both singular and plural is umineț.[1]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ a b c Berciu Drăghicescu, Adina, ed. (2012). Aromâni, meglenoromâni, istroromâni – aspecte identitare și culturale (PDF) (in Romanian). Editura Universității din București. ISBN 978-606-16-0148-6.
  2. ^ Friedman, Victor A. (2009). "The Diffusion of Macedonian Inflections into Megleno-Romanian: A Reconsideration of the Evidence" (PDF). In Franks, Steven; Chidambaram, Vrinda; Joseph, Brian (eds.). A Linguist's Linguist: Studies in South Slavic Linguistics in Honor of E. Wayles Brown. Slavica Publishers. p. 230. ISBN 9780893578640.
  3. ^ "Huma". makedonija.name. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b Minov, Nikola (2024). "Forgotten Voices: Aromanians in Macedonia (1900–1941)" (PDF). In Slavković Mirić, Božica; Omerović, Enes S. (eds.). Lost in the Kaleidoscope: National Minorities in Yugoslavia. Institute for Recent History of Serbia. pp. 189–248. doi:10.31212/minorities.2024.28.min.189-248. ISBN 978-86-7005-198-0.
  5. ^ "Archived". makstat.stat.gov.mk. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2024.