Macedonians in Serbia

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Macedonians in Serbia
Македонци у Србији
Македонци во Србија
Flag of the Macedonians in Serbia.svg
Flag of the National Council of the Macedonian Ethnic Minority in Serbia
Total population
14,767 (2022 census) [1]
Regions with significant populations
Flags of Vojvodina.svg Vojvodina 7,021 [2]
Flag of Belgrade, Serbia.svg Belgrade 4,293 [2]
Languages
Serbian, Macedonian
Religion
Eastern Orthodoxy
Related ethnic groups
South Slavs

Macedonians are a recognized ethnic minority in Serbia. [3] According to data from the 2022 census, the population of ethnic Macedonians in Serbia is 14,767, constituting 0.2% of the total population. The vast majority of them live in Belgrade and South Banat District.

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History

The first session of the Anti-fascist Assembly for the National Liberation of Macedonia (ASNOM) was held on 2 August 1944, the anniversary of the Ilinden Uprising, at Prohor Pčinjski Monastery in present-day territory of Serbia, just north of the Macedonian border. The Assembly declared Macedonia the nation-state of Macedonians within Yugoslavia. [4] The monastery proper was initially ceded after World War II to the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, but was transferred to the Socialist Republic of Serbia in 1947.

In Maglić, in Bačka region, a center for refugees of the Greek Civil War was established from 1945 through 1949. Among the refugees settled here were mainly ethnic Macedonians. [5]

Some ethnic Aromanians and particularly Megleno-Romanians from the Socialist Republic of Macedonia emigrated to the Serbian Banat and settled in villages such as Gudurica to repopulate them after the expulsion of their native German populations following World War II. As they were not recognized as a separate ethnic minority, they were counted simply as Macedonians and assimilated quickly. However, the Megleno-Romanian minority of Gudurica has not yet gone extinct, since, as of 2014, three Megleno-Romanian-speakers remained in the village. [6] Due to economic reasons, Many Macedonians migrated during the 1960s and 1970s to the Serbia (predominantly to Vojvodina).

In 2004, Serbia and North Macedonia signed an inter-state agreement on the protection of Macedonians in Serbia and Serbs in North Macedonia.

Demographics

According to the 2022 census there were 14,767 Macedonians in Serbia. [1] The Macedonian population is concentrated in two cities, Belgrade and Pančevo. In Belgrade region there are 4,293 Macedonians, while in neighboring Pančevo 3,020 - out of which vast majority live in three villages (Jabuka, Glogonj, and Kačarevo) that are within administrative limits of City of Pančevo. Additionally, Macedonians constitute 7.7% population of the municipality of Plandište (particularly in village of Dužine), where Macedonian language is in the official use.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
194817,907—    
195327,277+52.3%
196136,288+33.0%
197142,675+17.6%
198148,986+14.8%
199145,068−8.0%
200225,847−42.6%
201122,755−12.0%
202214,767−35.1%
Since 2002, excluding Kosovo
Source: [1]

Macedonians in selected South Banat settlements per censuses:

SettlementMunicipality1981 [7] Share2002 [8] Share2022 [9] Share
Dužine Plandište9031.9%6831.1%2327%
Glogonj Pančevo1,20133.3%36711.5%1877%
Gudurica Vršac19213.3%13310.5%627%
Hajdučica Plandište15510.2%1238.9%728.7%
Kačarevo Pančevo3,20538.6%1,46719%71011.2%
Jabuka Pančevo4,17964.8%2,05432.5%1,33923.7%
Pančevo Pančevo1,6622.4%1,1961.6%6610.9%
Plandište Plandište1,02724.9%91021.3%47814.3%
Velika Greda Plandište16310.3%1369.9%737.9%

Politics

The National Council of Macedonian Ethnic Minority in Serbia is a representation body of Macedonians, established for the protection of the rights and the minority self-government of Macedonians in Serbia.

The Democratic Party of Macedonians is the ethnic minority party representing interests of Macedonians in Serbia.

Culture

Macedonian-language print media consists primarily of the monthly political journal Makedonska videlina produced by the Macedonian Information and Publishing Centre in Pančevo. Limited Macedonian-language television is available through regional public broadcaster of Radio Television of Vojvodina and the local station TV Pančevo.

Notable people

Academia & Arts

Sport

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Final results - Ethnicity". Почетна. 2023-07-14. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  2. 1 2 "Population by ethnicity, by areas" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  3. ↑ https://minljmpdd.gov.rs/sektori/nacionalne-manjine/registar-nacionalnih-saveta-nacionalnih-manjina/
  4. ↑ www.ajmonegde.com:Manastir Prohor Pčinjski, retrieved 21 December 2013
  5. ↑ "Petite histoire des Grecs dans la Tchécoslovaquie communiste - entretien avec Ilios Yannakakis". Radio Prague International (in French). 2006-05-01.
  6. ↑ Sorescu Marinković, Annemarie; Măran, Mircea (2015). "Megleno-Romanians in Serbia – shifting borders, shifting identity". Contextualizing Changes: Migrations, Shifting Borders and New Identities in Eastern Europe. pp. 365–377.
  7. ↑ 1981- Попис СФРЈ
  8. ↑ "Official Results of Serbian Census 2002–Population" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-18. Retrieved 2009-02-19. (441 KB)(in Serbian)
  9. ↑ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/serbia-ethnic-loc2022.htm
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