Bogdevo

Bogdevo (Bogdo) is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the ziamet of Reka. The village had 3 households and the anthroponyms recorded depict a mixed Slavic-Albanian character.^[1] In the 1519 census, the village was registered under the name Bogdevo, with 16 Christian families, the same number recorded in the defter of 1536-1539. In the 1583 census, the village counted 10 Christian families, and paid the timarli 955 akçe per year. The anthroponyms recorded were mixed Slavic-Albanian in character (e.g Nikolla Meto, Bogdan Marko, Gjin Pejo, Nikolla Pejo, Pejo Bogri, Pop Pejo, Petri Jove etc).^[2]

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Bogdevo was inhabited by 180 Christian Albanians and 108 Muslim Albanians.^[3]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 5 inhabitants.^[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[4]

• Albanians 5

As of the 2021 census, Bogdevo had zero residents.^[5]