Banište
Banište (Macedonian: Баниште, Albanian: Banisht) is a village in the municipality of Debar, North Macedonia. It is located close to the Albanian border.
Demographics
Banište (Banishta) is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the vilayet of Upper Dibra. The settlement had a total of 10 households with the anthroponymy attested being of a mixed Albanian-Slavic character with instances of Slavicisation (e.g., Gjon Popovići): the brothers Gjorgo, Istanec, and Nikolla Papriçi; Kojo, son of Gjergj; Gjorgo, son of Istepan; Gjon Popovići; Dimitri, brother of the aforementioned; Progon, brother of the aforementioned; Ninec, brother of Kojo; and Istanec, brother of Gjorgo.
As of the 2021 census, Banište had 35 residents with the following ethnic composition:
- Albanians 28
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 4
- Macedonians 3
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 90 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
- Albanians 80
- Macedonians 10
References
- ^ Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 28.
- ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
- ^ Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 88.
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