Patiška Reka

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Patiška Reka Патишка Река Patishka Rekë
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Patiška Reka and Karadžica mountain
Patiška Reka Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°48′N 21°19′E / 41.800°N 21.317°E / 41.800; 21.317
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Skopje
Municipality	Sopište
Population (2021)
• Total	231
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	SK
Website	.

Patiška Reka (Macedonian: Патишка Река, Albanian: Patishka Rekë) is a village in the municipality of Sopište, North Macedonia.

In the 19th century some Christian Albanian speaking villagers from Upper Reka migrated to Patiška Reka where they constituted the local Orthodox village population and remained Albanian speaking until World War Two,^[1] living among Muslim Albanians before relocating to Skopje thereafter.^[2]

As of the 2021 census, Patiška Reka had 231 residents with the following ethnic composition:^[3]

Albanians 191
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 39
Turks 1

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 579 inhabitants.^[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[4]

Albanians 579

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↑ Murati, Qemal (2011). "Gjuha e humbur: Vëzhgime historike, linguistike, onomastike dhe folklorike rreth shqiptarëve ortodoksë në etnoregjionin e Rekës së Epërme të Mavrovës [Lost Language: Historical, Linguistic, Onomastic and Folkloric observations about the Orthodox Albanians in ethno-region of Upper Reka in Mavrovo]". Studime Albanologjike. 3: 89. "Por edhe sipas të dhënave të P. Skokut, nga viti 1941, gratë shqiptare nga vendet e banimit të luginës së Shkupit (me origjinë nga Reka e Epërme – Q.M.) flisnin vetëm shqip, me gjithë simbiozën me popullsinë sllave dhe fenë e përbashkët ortodokse...Në Patishkë nuk flasin serbo-maqedonisht as ato gra shqiptare që janë të fesë ortodokse (Skok 1978). [But according to P. Skok, during 1941, the Albanian women from the areas of residence within the valley of Skopje (with origins from Upper Reka - Q.M.) spoke only Albanian, with all the symbiosis with the Slavic population and shared Orthodox religion ... In Patishka they do not speak Serbian-Macedonian nor those Albanian women who are of the Orthodox religion (Skok 1978).]"
↑ Idrizi, Xhemaludin (2003). Mikrotoponimia e Karshikës së Shkupit [Microtoponyms of Skopje's Karshiaka region. Skopje: Interdiskont. p. 55. ISBN 9989-815-37-2. "Patishka - Reka (Патишка Река). Fshati ka qenë i banuar me shqiptarë të krishterë dhe shqiptarë myslimanë. Tani aty jetojnë vetëm shqiptarë të konfesionit mysliman, ndërsa shqiptarët e krishterë janë shpërngulur pas vitit 1945. [Patishka - Reka (Патишка Река). The village has been inhabited by Christian Albanians and Muslim Albanians. Now there resides only Albanians Muslims, and Christian Albanians were migrated after 1945.]... Dihet se fshati ka qenë i banuar edhe me shqiptarë të krishterë (ortodoksë) edhe me shqiptarë myslimanë. Një informator me emrin Bajram thoshte: "Ne zhakun (gjakun) t'përziet e kena. Shqiptarët e krishterë janë shpërngulur në Shkup pas vitit 1945 e mëtej dhe të gjithë e kanë humbur identitetin kombëtar shqiptar, janë maqedonizuar. Shqiptarë të krishterë në këtë fshat ka pasur deri në vitet 60-ta. [It is known that the village was inhabited by Albanians who were Christian (Orthodox) and by Muslim Albanians. One informant called Bayram said: "In our blood we were mixed. Christian Albanians have moved to Skopje after 1945 onwards and have lost all of the Albanian national identity, and have become Macedonian. There were Albanian Christians in this village up until the 1960s."]
↑ 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. 174.

v t e Villages in Sopište Municipality
Seat:	Sopište
Village(s):	Barovo Čiflik Dobri Dol Dolno Sonje Držilovo Gorno Sonje Govrlevo Jabolci Nova Breznica Patiška Reka Rakotinci Sveta Petka

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