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Village in Polog, North Macedonia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vrbjani (Macedonian: Врбјани, Albanian: Vërbjan) is a village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia.
Vrbjani
Врбјани Vërbjan | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 41°41′00″N 20°37′57″E | |
Country | North Macedonia |
Region | Polog |
Municipality | Mavrovo and Rostuša |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 187 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Car plates | GV |
Website | . |
Vrbjani (Verbjani) is recorded 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 16 households and the anthroponymy attested depicts an almost exclusively Albanian character, with only a single case of Slavicisation in the case of Margjin Popivići:
Gjergj Luçi, Gjonëma Suma, Vasil Suma, Menka Gjeraqi, Vasko Luçi, Margjin Popivići, Mitri Shklavi, Llazar Kalja, Petër Skura, Pal Skura, Shoq Rusi, Kolë Kozani, Petër Reçi, Petër Kalja, Mile Gëraqi, and Tanush Gjeraqi.[1]
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Vrbjani was inhabited by 606 Muslim Albanians.[2]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 625 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]
As of the 2021 census, Vrbjani had 187 residents with the following ethnic composition:[4]
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