Bobovište, Bar
Village in Bar, Montenegro
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Bobovište (Montenegrin and Serbian Cyrillic: Бобовиште; Albanian: Boboshti) is a village in Bar Municipality, in southeastern Montenegro. It lies on the western bank of Lake Skadar, in a geographical region known as Skadarska Krajina. It is inhabited by ethnic Albanians.
MontenegroBobovište
Бобовиште Boboshti | |
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Village | |
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  Bobovište Location within Montenegro | |
| Coordinates: 42.116729°N 19.270461°E | |
| Country | Montenegro |
| Municipality |  Bar |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 180 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
History
Prior to the village population's conversion to Islam, they had used the nearby Moračnik Monastery as their church.[1] In 1894, while Branislav Nušić travelled here, he noted that the village was Muslim.[2]
Demographics
As of 2003 the village had a population of 230.[3]
According to the 2011 census, its population was 180.[4] All of the inhabitants are Sunni Muslim and Albanian. The average age of the population is 43.1. A major fallout in the population has been due to young people emigrating to western countries such as USA, Switzerland and Australia etc. A large majority of people from Bobovište emigrated to especially USA. The Albanians of this village speak in the Gheg dialect of the Albanian language.
| Ethnicity | Number | Percentage |
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| Albanians | 180 | 100.0% |
| Total | 180 | 100% |
