Piskupština

Piskupština / Piskupshtina Пискупштина
Village
Piskupština / Piskupshtina Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°19′15″N20°36′20″E / 41.32083°N 20.60556°E / 41.32083; 20.60556
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Southwestern
Municipality	Struga
Elevation	790 m (2,590 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	182
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Area code	+38946

Piskupshtina is a village in Municipality of Struga, North Macedonia. ^[1]

Demographics

Piskupština (Peskoposhtina) appears in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the timar of Saadi Hoca in the vilayet of Dulgoberda. The settlement had a total of six households and the anthroponyms recorded attest to a mixed Albanian-Slavic character, although clear instances of Slavicisation are identifiable. For example, a certain Dobrosllav Zogovići is recorded among the village household heads, his patronym is derived from the Albanian zog ("bird") with the addition of the Slavic suffix -ovići. Household heads: Gjon Veselko; Miho Kostovo; Gjergj Kosta; Miho Rojko; Andrije, brother of Gjon Veselko; and Dobrosllav Zogovići. The register also notes that the lands of Piskupština were worked and planted by farmers from the neighbouring villages. ^[2] Piskupština is again recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1583 as a village in the vilayet of Upper Dibra. The settlement had a total of 20 households with the anthroponymy attested being mixed Slavic-Albanian in character, with the Albanian anthroponyms appearing exhibiting instances of Slavicisation (e.g., Gjon Borko; Geno Gjon-i; Gjergji Dobrosllav; Nikolla Gjon-i; Gjurgj Miro; Jovan Patrid-i; his son Gorçe; Dimitri Gjergji.). ^[3]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 182 inhabitants. ^[4] Ethnic groups in the village include: ^[4]

• Macedonians 182

References

1. "Piskupstina Struga, Macedonia - Piskupstina Struga | Piskupstina map". makedonija.name. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
2. Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 100.
3. Gjoni, Z. & Përnezha, H. (2011). Dibra në Defterët Osmanë (1467, 1583), f.108. Tiranë: Botime M&B page 307
4. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 134.