Džepčište

Džepčište ; Џепчиште; Xhepçisht / Xhepçishti
Basic data
Region :	Polog
Municipality :	Tetovo
Coordinates :	42 ° 2 ' N , 21 ° 0' E Coordinates: 42 ° 1 '58 " N , 21 ° 0' 0" E
Height :	444 m. i. J.
Residents :	4,051 (2002)
License plate :	TE

Džepčište ( Macedonian Џепчиште ; Albanian Xhepçisht / Xhepçishti ) is a village northeast of Tetovo in northwestern North Macedonia in the border region with Kosovo . Since 2004 it has been incorporated into the Opština (municipality) Tetovo . It is located on the main road from Tetovo to Kosovo at an average altitude of 444 meters and has over 4000 inhabitants.

history

Džepčište was the founding place of the Democratic Prosperity Party , the first Albanian party in Macedonia, on April 16, 1990 ; its founding chairman Nevzat Halili (* 1951) comes from Džepčište.

population

The village of Džepčište counted 4051 inhabitants in the 2002 census. 3,934 (97.11%) were Albanians and 81 (2.00%) were ethnic Macedonians .

economy

In Džepčište there is a production of ready-made plaster of the Renova group.

Culture and sport

There is a museum in the village that its owner, the architect Simeon Zlatev, calls the smallest ethnographic museum in the world. On an area of 7.2 square meters, around 1150 finds from all over North Macedonia, which Zlatev has collected over 30 years, are exhibited.

There are two Macedonian Orthodox churches and a mosque in the village.

Macedonian Orthodox Churches :

Church of St. Athanasius , dedicated to St. Athanasius the Great
Mother of God Church , consecrated to the Most Holy Mother of God, Mary

The local football club FK Renova Džepčište plays in the highest North Macedonian league, the Prva League .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Dimitar Bechev: Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Macedonia . Scarecrow Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8108-6295-1 , pp. 93 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
↑ Ethnic composition of Macedonia 2002. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved July 13, 2018 .
↑ Vreme (newspaper) of April 30, 2004, op. Cit. in Tetovo (Municipality, Macedonia) , keyword: Džepčište; sighted January 12, 2010

[1] Dimitar Bechev: Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Macedonia . Scarecrow Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8108-6295-1 , pp. 93 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[2] Ethnic composition of Macedonia 2002. In: pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved July 13, 2018 .

[3] Vreme (newspaper) of April 30, 2004, op. Cit. in Tetovo (Municipality, Macedonia) , keyword: Džepčište; sighted January 12, 2010