Vataša

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

Vataša Ваташа
Village
View of the village
Vataša Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41.418388°N 22.018309°E / 41.418388; 22.018309
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Vardar
Municipality	Kavadarci
Population  (2002)
• Total	3,502
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 "Vatosha" and as having 1808 inhabitants, 1142 Christian Bulgarians, 618 Muslim Bulgarians and 48 Romani.^[1] On the 1927 ethnic map of Leonhard Schulze-Jena, the village is shown as having a mixed population of Christian Bulgarians and Turks.^[2] According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 3502 inhabitants.^[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[3]

• Macedonians 3224
• Turks 13
• Serbs 20
• Romani 238
• Aromanians 1
• Others 6

Sports

The local football club FK Gaber plays in the Macedonian Third Football League.

References

1. Vasil Kanchov. "Macedonia. "Ethnography and statistics." Sofia, 1900, p. 153
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.