Žabeni
Жабени
Zhabjan
Village
Žabeni village centre
Žabeni village centre
Žabeni is located in North Macedonia
Žabeni
Žabeni
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°02′N 21°16′E / 41.033°N 21.267°E / 41.033; 21.267
Country North Macedonia
Region Pelagonia
Municipality Bitola
Population
 (2021)
 • Total144
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesBT
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Žabeni (Macedonian Cyrillic: Жабени; Albanian: Zhabjan) is a village in the municipality of Bitola, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Bistrica. It is a village 9.71 kilometers away from Bitola, which is the second largest city in the country.

Demographics

Žabeni is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467/68 as a village in the vilayet of Manastir. The inhabitants attested primarily bore typical Albanian anthroponyms, such as Gjergj, Gjin and Gjon alongside a mix of Christian and Slavic ones.[1]

As of the 2021 census, Žabeni had 144 residents with the following ethnic composition:[2]

  • Albanians 120
  • Macedonians 14
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 10

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 178 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]

References

  1. ↑ Murati, Qemal (2022). "EMRA VETJAKË TË PROVENIENCËS SHQIPTARE NË VILAJETIN E MANASTIRIT NË DRITËN E DEFTERËVE OSMANË TË SHEK. XV". Studime Albanologjike. ITSH: 22. ZHABJANI Gerg, i biri i Petre-s; Gerg, i biri i Mrçko-s; Gin, i biri i Dimo-s; Gin, i biri i Andreja-s; Gon, i biri i Dedie-s; Nikolla, i biri i Gon-it; Todor, i biri i Gon-it; Dimitri, i biri i Tode-s; Bojko, i biri i Dimitri-t; Pejo, i biri i Dimitri-t; Dabe, i biri i dimitri-t; Dimitri, i biri i Vllajko-s.
  2. ↑ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  3. 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. 69.


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