Grekaj - Wikiwand

Village in Polog, North Macedonia

Country

Website.

Grekaj
Village
Грекај

Grekaj Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°43′N 20°35′E / 41.717°N 20.583°E / 41.717; 20.583
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Polog
Municipality	Mavrovo and Rostuša
Population (2021)
• Total	3
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	GV
Website	.

Grekaj (Macedonian: Грекај, Albanian: Grekaj) is a village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia.

Grekaj (Girqani) is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1536-1539 as a village in the ziamet of Reka. The village recorded 11 households. In 1583, the village counted 20 families. It paid the timar or spahi 1070 akçe per year and had 2 mills that worked all year round. The anthroponyms recorded were overwhelmingly Albanian in character, with instances of Slavicisation: (e.g Lazar Gjin, Petri Bogdan, Jovan Gjin, Keko Gjin, Keko Todor, Gjin Petko, Dede Bodin, Zaharia Gjin etc).^[1]

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Grekaj was inhabited by 25 Christian Albanians and 14 Muslim Albanians.^[2]

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

Albanians 3

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 20 inhabitants.^[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[4]

Albanians 20

References

↑ Pajaziti, Ali, et al. (2014). Shqiptarët e Rekës së Epërm përballë sfidave të kohës [Albanians of Upper Reka facing the challenges of time]. South East European University. Gostivar-Skopje. ISBN 978-608-4503-95-8 page. 264
↑ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 264.
↑ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
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. 135.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grekaj.

v t e Villages in Mavrovo i Rostuše Municipality
Seat:	Rostuše
Village(s):	Adžievci Beličica Bibaj Bituše Bogdevo Boletin Cerovo Duf Galičnik Grekaj Janče Kičinica Krakornica Lazaropole Leunovo Mavrovi Anovi Mavrovo Ničpur Nikiforovo Nistrovo Nivište Novo Selo Orḱuše Prisojnica Ribnica Rosoki Selce Sence Skudrinje Sretkovo Sušica Tanuše Trebište Tresonče Velebrdo Viduše Volkovija Vrben Vrbjani Žirovnica Žužnje
Former Village(s):	Dobovo Trnica Zavojsko

This Mavrovo i Rostuše location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

Related Articles