Volkovija, Brvenica
Volkovija
Волковија | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Community Council & Local Bar | |
  Volkovija Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°51′48″N 21°00′00″E / 41.8633°N 21.0000°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Polog |
| Municipality |  Brvenica |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 270 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | TE |
| Website | . |
Volkovija (Macedonian: Волковија) is a mountain village in the Republic of North Macedonia, part of the Municipality of Brvenica.
Population
Volkovija is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 35 Christian households, 4 bachelors and 4 widows, as well as 5 Muslim households.[1]
Volkovija is a relatively small village holding a population of 270 people. The ethnic composition of the village is Macedonian.[2]
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Volkovija was inhabited by 640 Orthodox Bulgarians.[3]
Origins and etymology
The village as such is mentioned for the first time in written text in 1348 (14th century). There are number of interpretations about the origins of the name “Volkovija”. In Macedonian it comes from the word “volk” (wolf) which suggests that in the past the place where today Volkovija is was empty wilderness with many wolves. This however is contested by authors like Viktor Rafajlovski who argues that such a view is illogical mainly because in the past the village area was a home to highly important monastery.[4]
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References
- ^ Турски документи за историјата на македонскиот народ кн.4, Методија Соколоски, д-р Александар Стојановски, Скопје 1971
- ^ "Профил на општина Брвеница (Profile of Municipality of Brvenica)". Општина Брвеница.
- ^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 264.
- ^ Rafajlovski, Viktor (2013). Мојата Волковија (My Volkovija). Академски печат. ISBN 978-608-231-119-7.
Sources
"Профил на Општина Брвеница". Општина Брвеница (Municipality of Brvenica). Municipality of Brvenica. Retrieved 9 August 2014.