Drugovo

Village in Southwestern, North Macedonia

Drugovo Другово
Village
View of Drugovo with village mosque in the background
41°29′N 20°55′E / 41.483°N 20.917°E / 41.483; 20.917
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Southwestern
Municipality	Kičevo
Population (2021)
• Total	1,545
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	KI
Website	.

Drugovo (Macedonian: Другово^ⓘ) is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia. It was the seat of the now-defunct Drugovo Municipality.

Name

The village in Albanian is known as Drugovë.^[1]

History

After the capture of the village by Partisan forces, 24 Albanian men were executed by the incoming communist forces, with the pretext of cooperating with Fascisct forces.^[2]

Demographics

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Drugovo was inhabited by 260 Muslim Albanians.^[3]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Drugovo was inhabited by a total of 588 people, 537 of whom were Muslim Albanians and 51 Bulgarians.^[4]

The Yugoslav census of 1948 recorded 537 people of whom 478 were Albanians and 59 Macedonians.^[1] The Yugoslav census of 1953 recorded 610 people of whom 358 were Turks, 179 Albanians, 70 Macedonians and 3 others.^[1] The 1961 Yugoslav census recorded 606 people of whom 412 were Macedonians, 141 Turks, 46 Albanians and 7 others.^[1] The 1971 census recorded 944 people of whom 764 were Macedonians, 151 Turks, 19 Albanians and 13 others.^[1] The 1981 Yugoslav census recorded 1291 people of whom 1046 were Macedonians, 149 Turks, 55 Bosniaks, 32 Albanians and 9 others.^[1]

The Macedonian census of 1994 recorded 1398 people of whom 1171 were Macedonians, 153 Turks, 61 Albanians and 13 others.^[1]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,492 inhabitants.^[5] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[5]

Macedonians 1,250
Albanians 108
Turks 128
Romani 1
Serbs 2
Others 3

As of the 2021 census, Drugovo had 1,545 residents with the following ethnic composition:^[6]

Macedonians 1,276
Turks 122
Albanians 81
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 60
Others 6

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Sherafedin Kaso (2005). The settlements with Muslim population in Macedonia. Logos-A. p. 92. ISBN 978-9989-58-155-7..
^ Hyseni, Safet (2007). Varrezat masive në Kërçovë dhe rrethinë. Kičevo: DEA. p. 147-148. ISBN 9789989143373.
^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 256.
^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm
^ ^a ^b Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 99.
^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021