Bogovinje

Bogovinje ; Боговиње; Bogovina / Bogovinë
Basic data
Region :	Polog
Municipality :	Bogovinje
Coordinates :	41 ° 57 ' N , 20 ° 56' E Coordinates: 41 ° 56 '39 " N , 20 ° 55' 42" E
Height :	489 m. i. J.
Residents :	6,328 (2002)
Inhabitants (Opština) :	28,997 (2002)
Telephone code :	(+389) 044
Postal code :	1221
License plate :	TE
Structure and administration
Community type:	Opština
Website :	www.komunabogovine.gov.mk

Bogovinje ( Macedonian Боговиње , Albanian Bogovina / Bogovinë ) is a village and the official seat of the Opština of the same name in western Macedonia .

geography

View of Bogovinje

Bogovinje is located at an altitude of 550 m. i. J. on the western edge of the Polog plain . It is about halfway between the cities of Tetovo in the north and Gostivar in the south.

population

According to the 2002 census, the municipality of Bogovinje has 28,997 inhabitants, of which 27,614 (95.2%) are Albanians , 1183 (4.1%) Turks , 37 (0.1%) ethnic Macedonians and 163 (0.6%) are members other ethnic groups.

In the actual place Bogovinje lived 6,328 people, including 6,273 (99.13%) Albanians.

politics

Mayor of the Opština was Hazbi Idrizi since 2010. According to the assassination attempt on Hazbi Idrizi in 2017, the village still has no mayor in office.

The Opština Council consists of 19 members elected for a term of four years.

The official languages in the Opština are Macedonian and Albanian .

Personalities

Mehmed Pascha Deralla (1843-1918), member of the League of Prizren , founding father of Albania and Albanian Minister of War (1912-1914)
Blerim Dzemaili (* 1986 in Tetovo, family from Bogovinje), football player

Web links

Commons : Bogovinje - collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of the Opština Bogovinje

Individual evidence

↑ Census of Macedonia 2002. (PDF; 394 kB) State Statistics Office, accessed on December 15, 2012 (English, p. 34).
↑ Ethnic composition of Macedonia 2002. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved September 19, 2018 .
↑ Darko Janevski: Doracak mbi legjislacionin kombëtar në sferën e përdorimit të gjuhëve të bashkësive etnike në Republikën e Maqedonisë. (PDF; 2.7 MB) Foundation Open Society Macedonia, 2009, accessed on December 15, 2012 (Albanian, p. 53).
↑ Max Kern: «Blerim only had Seich in his head». In: blick.ch. Blick (newspaper) , May 30, 2018, accessed on September 19, 2018 .

[1] Census of Macedonia 2002. (PDF; 394 kB) State Statistics Office, accessed on December 15, 2012 (English, p. 34).

[2] Ethnic composition of Macedonia 2002. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved September 19, 2018 .

[3] Darko Janevski: Doracak mbi legjislacionin kombëtar në sferën e përdorimit të gjuhëve të bashkësive etnike në Republikën e Maqedonisë. (PDF; 2.7 MB) Foundation Open Society Macedonia, 2009, accessed on December 15, 2012 (Albanian, p. 53).

[4] Max Kern: «Blerim only had Seich in his head». In: blick.ch. Blick (newspaper) , May 30, 2018, accessed on September 19, 2018 .