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Otišani

Coordinates: 41°27′N 20°31′E / 41.450°N 20.517°E / 41.450; 20.517
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Otišani
Отишани
Village
Airview of the village
Airview of the village
Otišani is located in North Macedonia
Otišani
Otišani
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°27′N 20°31′E / 41.450°N 20.517°E / 41.450; 20.517
Country North Macedonia
Region Southwestern
Municipality Debar
Population
 (2002)
 • Total530
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
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Otišani (Macedonian: Отишани) is a village in the municipality of Debar, North Macedonia.

Name

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The village in Albanian is known as Hotishani.

Demographics

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Otišani (Hotishani) is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the timar of Hizir Muriqi (possibly, Maziqi or Mazhiqi) in the vilayet of Dulgoberda. The village had a total of five households and the anthroponyms recorded depict a mixed Albanian-Slavic character, for example, among the household heads a certain Gjergj Karlovići is attested.[1]

Otišani has traditionally been inhabited by a Torbeš population.[2]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Otišani was inhabited by 263 Albanians.[3]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 530 inhabitants.[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]

References

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  1. ^ Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 104.
  2. ^ Vidoeski, Božidar (1998). Dijalektite na makedonskiot jazik. Vol. 1. Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite. ISBN 9789989649509. p. 309. "Во западна Македонија исламизирано македонско население живее во неколку географски региони на македонско-албанската пограничје: во областа Река по долината на Радика (Жировница, Видуше, Болетин, Требиште, Велебрдо, Ростуша, Аџиевци, Јанче, Присојница, Скудриње, Горно и Долно Косоврасти, Могорче, Баланци, Мелничани), во Дебарско - во Жупа (Броштица, Бајрамовци, Горенци, Житинени, Кочишта, Мал и Голем Папрадник, Рковци) и Голо Брдо (Врмница, Владимирци, Гиновци, Клење, Лешничани, Љуболези, Големо и Мало Острени, Окштун, Отишани,"
  3. ^ "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".
  4. ^ 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. 89.
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