Vrapčište

Vrapčište

Vrapčište

Village in Polog, North Macedonia

Vrapčište (Macedonian: Врапчиштеⓘ, Turkish: Vrapçişte, Albanian: Vrapçisht) is a village and seat of the municipality of Vrapčište, North Macedonia.

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History

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Vrapčište was inhabited by 1300 Turks, 325 Orthodox Bulgarians, 165 Muslim Albanians and 50 Romani.[1]

Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Vrapčište had 4,003 residents with the following ethnic composition:[2]

  • Turks 2,765
  • Albanians 912
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 203
  • Macedonians 118
  • Others 5

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 4,874 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]


Sports

Local football club FK Vrapčište plays in the OFS Gostivar league.

References

  1. [1]
    Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 264.
  2. [2]
    Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  3. [3]
    Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 84.
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