Begnište

Begnište (Macedonian: Бегниште) is a village in the municipality of Kavadarci, North Macedonia.

Begnište Бегниште
Village
Begnište Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41.367582°N 21.997472°E / 41.367582; 21.997472
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Vardar
Municipality	Kavadarci
Population  (2002)
• Total	369
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	.

Demographics

According to the statistics of the Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900 the settlement is recorded as "Begništa" in which 860 inhabitants lived, all Cristian Bulgarians.^[1] On the 1927 ethnic map of Leonhard Schulze-Jena, the village is written as "Beglišta" and shown as a Christian Bulgarian village.^[2] According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 369 inhabitants.^[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[3]

• Macedonians 368
• Serbs 1

Etymology

The name of the village of Begnište derives from the combination of the word Beg which is the Turkic title for a chieftain, and the suffix (n)iste.

References

1. Vasil Kanchov. "Macedonia. "Ethnography and statistics." Sofia, 1900, p. 154
2. Schultze Jena, Leonhard. Makedonien: Landschafts- und Kulturbilder. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1927
3. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 108.