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Village in Southwestern, North Macedonia

Country

North Macedonia

Elevation

625 m (2,051 ft)

Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

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Dolno Kosovrasti
Village
Долно Косоврасти
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Dolno Kosovrasti Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°32′N 20°35′E / 41.533°N 20.583°E / 41.533; 20.583
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Southwestern
Municipality	Debar
Elevation	625 m (2,051 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	752
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	DB

Dolno Kosovrasti (Macedonian: Долно Косоврасти) is a village in the municipality of Debar, North Macedonia.

Dolno Kosovrasti (Dolna Kostobrast) is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the ziamet of Reka was under the authority of Karagöz Bey. The village had a total of 16 households and the anthroponymy attested was Slavic-Albanian in character, with a predominance of Slavic names while Albanian anthroponyms comprised around a quarter of those attested.^[1]

Dolno Kosovrasti has traditionally been inhabited by Orthodox Macedonians and a Torbeši population.^[2]

As of the 2021 census, Dolno Kosovrasti had 752 residents with the following ethnic composition:^[3]

Turks 286
Macedonians 282
Others (including Torbeš) 96
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 85
Albanians 3

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 813 inhabitants.^[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[4]

Macedonians 388
Turks 224
Albanians 4
Others 197

References

↑ Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 117.
↑ Видоески, Божо (1998). Дијалектите на македонскиот јазик (in Macedonian). Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite. p. 214. ISBN 978-9989-649-50-9. Заедно со македонско христијанско население Торбеши живеат и во селата: Могорче, Требиште, Велебрдо, Ростуше, Јанче, Долно Косоврасти (во Река),"; p. 326. "Население со мајчин јазик македонски живее во гр. Дебар (од двете конфесии), во селата: Присовјани, Локов, Збажди, Р'жаново, Буринец, Селци (православни) - во Малесија, Горно Косоврасти, Р'ковци, Кочишта, Мал и Голем Папрадник (муслимани), Долно Косоврасти, Мелничани, Броштица, Житинени, Горенци (од двете конфесии), Елевци, Рајчица, Пареши, Баниште (православни)."
↑ "Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021". PxWeb. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
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. 89.

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v t e Villages in Debar Municipality
Seat:	Debar
Village(s):	Banište Bomovo Dolno Kosovrasti Džepište Gari Gorno Kosovrasti Hame Konjari Krivci Mogorče Osoj Otišani Rajčica Selokuḱi Spas Tatar Elevci Trnaniḱ

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