Konjari
Коњари
Kojnare
Village
Airview of the village
Airview of the village
Konjari is located in North Macedonia
Konjari
Konjari
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°31′23″N 20°28′51″E / 41.52306°N 20.48083°E / 41.52306; 20.48083
Country North Macedonia
Region Southwestern
Municipality Dibër
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
0
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
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Konjari (Macedonian: Коњари, Albanian: Kojnare) is an uninhabited village in the municipality of Debar, North Macedonia.

History

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In 1224, an Albanian landowner by the name of Gjergj Skorra was explicitly mentioned in correspondence by the archbishop of Ohrid. He is believed to have owned lands in and around Konjar as a vassal of the noble Albanian Gropa family, and there is still a local tribe in the region known as 'Skorra'.[1]

Demographics

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The 1971 Yugoslav census was the last to record any people as residing in the village which contained 415 inhabitants, of which 414 were Albanians and 1 Macedonian.[2] According to the 2002 census, the village had 0 inhabitants.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Xhufi, Pëllumb (2011). "Maqedonia Perëndimore në historinë e arbërve të shek. V I I - XV". Qendra e Studimeve Albanologjike (1–2): 7–24.
  2. ^ Sherafedin Kaso (2005). The settlements with Muslim population in Macedonia. Logos-A. p. 156. ISBN 978-9989-58-155-7.
  3. ^ Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 89.
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