Country Macedonia Postal code 6336 Website www.labunista.com.mk Population 5,936 (2002) Area code +389 | Time zone CET (UTC+1) Car plates SU Elevation 695 m Local time Friday 7:40 PM Municipality Struga Municipality | |
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Labuništa (Macedonian: Лабуништа, Albanian: Labunishtë or Llabunisht) is a village in the southwestern region of the Republic of Macedonia, located in Struga Municipality.
Contents
- Map of Labunishta Macedonia FYROM
- Geography
- Demographic History
- Demographics today
- Notable people
- References
Map of Labunishta, Macedonia (FYROM)
Geography
The village of Labuništa is located at 865 m (2,838 ft) above sea level on the Eastern side of the Jablanica mountain range. The village is located around 15 km (9 mi) from Struga, the closest town. The nearest villages to Labuništa include Podgorci (1.1 km or 0.68 mi), Boroec (2.3 km or 1.4 mi), Vevčani (3.1 km or 1.9 mi) and Oktisi (4.1 km or 2.5 mi). The village is located close to the Black Drim river and the Globočica lake.
Demographic History
According to Vasil Kanchov's study of Macedonia in 1900, "Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics", (Bulgarian: Македония. Етнография и статистика, Makedonija. Etnografija i statistika), counted the village as having 660 Bulgarian Christian and 800 Muslim (Torbeš) inhabitants.
Dimitar Mišev's 1905 study of the Bulgarian Exarchate, Macedonia and its Christian population (French: La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne), counted 128 exarchists in and 512 patriarchists in the village. According to 1961 data by anthropologist Joel Halpern the village's population was composed of 2,345 Macedonian Muslims and 380 Christian Macedonians.
The population of the village in past censuses:
Demographics today
According to the 2002 national census, 5,936 people live in the village. According to the 2002 census, in Labuništa lived:
Regarding the mother tongue of the population, the following results were given: