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Srpci Српци | |
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Village | |
 View of the village | |
  Srpci Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°02′N 21°16′E / 41.033°N 21.267°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Pelagonia |
| Municipality |  Bitola |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 65 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Srpci (Macedonian Cyrillic: Српци) is a village 12 kilometers away from Bitola, which is the second largest city in North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Capari.
Demographics
[edit]According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Srpci (Serpça) appears as being exclusively inhabited by a Christian Albanian population. Due to Slavicisation, some families had a mixed Slav-Albanian anthroponomy - usually a Slavic first name and an Albanian last name or last names with Albanian patronyms and Slavic suffixes.
The names are: Jank-o Arbanas, Todor son of Janko (Arbanas), Bogdan son of Arbanash, Pejo son of Bogdan (Arbanash), Stanisha son of Fatmir, Dimitri son of Stanisha (Fatmir), Niko son of Fatmir, Burnik (Burr-nik) son of Pavli, Stala son of Burrnik.[1]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 65 inhabitants.[2] Ethnic groups in the village include:[2][3]
- Macedonians 65
Famous people born in the village of Srpci
[edit]Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov, philosopher, pedagogue, mystic, and esotericist. A leading 20th-century teacher of Western Esotericism in Europe, he was a disciple of Peter Deunov, the founder of the Universal White Brotherhood.[4]
Galleri
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Old primary school -
Old houses -
The village cemetery at the entrance to the village
References
[edit]- ^ Rexha, Iljaz (2012). "POPULLSIA ALBANE GJATË MESJETËS NË HAPSIRËN E MAQEDONISË SË SOTME" (43): 25.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ 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. 188.
- ^ "Srpci Bitola, Macedonia - Srpci Bitola | Srpci map".
- ^ Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov