Šašavarlija (Macedonian: Шашаварлија, Turkish: Şaşavarlı) is a village in the municipality of Štip, North Macedonia.

Šašavarlija
Шашаварлија
Village
Air view of the village
Air view of the village
Šašavarlija is located in North Macedonia
Šašavarlija
Šašavarlija
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°43′01″N 22°17′14″E / 41.716946°N 22.287116°E / 41.716946; 22.287116
Country North Macedonia
Region Eastern
Municipality Štip
Population
 (2002)
  Total
108
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Website.
Поглед на Шашаварлија

History

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According to the Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov it was a pure Turkish Muslim village at the beginning of the 20th century.[1] The famous Turkish retail company Pehlivanoğlu surname hails from this village, and in an interview in 2009 they were fluent in Macedonian [2] Turkish Government opened the new school of the village in 2014.[3]

Demographics

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According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 108 inhabitants.[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]

As of 2021, the village of Shashvarlija has 79 inhabitants and the ethnic composition was the following:[5]

References

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  1. Кѫнчовъ, Василъ (1900). Македония. Етнография и статистика. Sofia: Българското книжовно дружество. p. 230. ISBN 954430424X. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  2. "Makedonski Iselenici vo Turcija 1. Tv Iris". YouTube.
  3. "TİKA - Türk İşbirliği ve Koordinasyon Ajansı Başkanlığı". www.tika.gov.tr. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  4. 1 2 Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 196.
  5. "Archived". makstat.stat.gov.mk. Archived from the original on December 25, 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2023.[dead link]