Grekaj
Village in Polog, North Macedonia
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Grekaj (Macedonian: Грекај, Albanian: Grekaj) is a village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia.
Grekaj | |
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Village | |
| Грекај | |
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  Grekaj Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°43′N 20°35′E | |
| 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 | . |
Demographics
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
