Trapčin Dol
Трапчин Дол
Trapçidoll
Village
Trapčin Dol is located in North Macedonia
Trapčin Dol
Trapčin Dol
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°33′N 20°58′E / 41.550°N 20.967°E / 41.550; 20.967
Country North Macedonia
Region Southwestern
Municipality Kičevo
Population
 (2021)
 • Total357
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesKI

Trapčin Dol (Macedonian: Трапчин Дол, Albanian: Trapçidoll) is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia.

History

During the period of 1912-1913, chetnik forces led by Mikajle Brodski along with locals from Raštani, massacred a total of 9 Albanians from the village. The village avoided larger attacks from Chetnik forces through the actions of the krypeplak (village elder) Shukri Asani, who gathered the riches of the villagers and paid a tribute to voivode Mikajle. After the capture of the village by Partisan forces in 1944, 12 Albanian men were executed by the incoming communist forces.[1]

Demographics

The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village had a total of 66 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred).[2]

As of the 2021 census, Trapčin Dol had 357 residents with the following ethnic composition:[3]

  • Albanians 339
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 17
  • Macedonians 1

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 914 inhabitants.[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]

References

  1. ↑ Hyseni, Safet (2007). Varrezat masive në Kërçovë dhe rrethinë. Kičevo: DEA. p. 64-65, 140. ISBN 9789989143373.
  2. ↑ Qerim Dalipi. "NAHIJA E KËRÇOVËS SIPAS REGJISTRIMIT TË VITEVE 1467-1468 (Aspekte shoqërore)". Gjurmime Albanologjike - Seria e shkencave historike 47:29-48.
  3. ↑ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  4. 1 2 Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 113.
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