Viduše
Village in Polog, North Macedonia
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Viduše (Macedonian: Видуше) is a village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia.
Viduše
Видуше | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Houses in the village Viduše | |
  Viduše Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°40′N 20°35′E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Polog |
| Municipality |  Mavrovo and Rostuša |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 185 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | GV |
| Website | . |
Demographics
Viduše is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the ziamet of Reka which was under the authority of Karagöz Bey. The village had a total of five households and the anthroponyms recorded depict a mixed Slavic-Albanian character, with clear cases of Slavicisiation: Gjergj Miladinoviqi, Bogiçe Bogoslavi, Petka Malika and Gjure Alekoviqi.[1]
Viduše has traditionally been inhabited by a Torbeš population.[2]
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Viduše was inhabited by 367 Muslim Albanians.[3]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 185 inhabitants.[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]
- Macedonians 152
- Turks 24
- Albanians 9
