Oktisi

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oktisi
Октиси
Oktis
Oktisi does not have a coat of arms
Oktisi (North Macedonia)
Paris plan pointer b jms.svg
Basic data
Region : southwest
Municipality : Struga
Coordinates : 41 ° 14 '  N , 20 ° 36'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 13 '53 "  N , 20 ° 36' 26"  E
Height : 800  m. i. J.
Residents : 6,479 (2002)
Telephone code : (+389) 46
Postal code : 6339
License plate : SU
Structure and administration
Structure : no
Website :

Oktisi ( Macedonian Октиси ; Albanian  also  Oktis ) is a village in Opština Struga in southwestern North Macedonia .

geography

Oktisi is located at the eastern foot of the Jablanica Mountains at an altitude of around 800 meters and around 10 km northwest of the municipal capital Struga . Neighboring villages are in the west in the mountains Gorna Belica , in the north-west Vevčani , in the north-east Velešta , in the south-east Dolna Belica and in the south Višni .

population

With almost 2,500 inhabitants (November 2002), Oktisi is one of the larger villages in the Struga municipality. Of the 2479 inhabitants, 1,071 (43.20%) declared themselves as Turks , 955 (38.52%) as Slavo-Macedonians and 346 (13.96%) as Albanians . In fact, an indefinite part of the population is likely to be Torbeschen , but this was no answer.

The majority of the Torbeschen, Turks and Albanians belong to Sunni Islam . 2069 inhabitants (83.46%) declared themselves Muslims in 2002 , a minority (16.38%) are the 406 Christian Orthodox (mainly Slav-Macedonians). There are two mosques and four Orthodox churches in Oktisi .

history

Detail of the mosaic in the baptistery (2009)

In 1927 a group of archaeologists found an early Christian basilica on the ground of the Christian Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas (maz. Crkva Sv. Nikola Црква Св. Никола) . It had three aisles, had a narthex and also contained a baptistery , where until recently parts of a mosaic could be seen on the floor. In 2012 they were brought to the Miladinovi Brothers Museum in Struga. Deer, horses, Kantharosen , flowers, trees and geometric ornaments are depicted . The basilica was built between the 4th and 5th centuries AD.

Culture and sport

The cultural-humanitarian association Oktisi 09 (KHD Oktisi 09) was founded in early 2009 in Rorschach , Switzerland . The association is mostly financed by the local diaspora . Thanks to these donations, many projects could be implemented in the village, such as the setting up of traffic signs, the publication of the village newspaper Oktiski Glas (Macedonian: “Voice of Oktisi”) once a year and the construction of children's playgrounds. In addition, the association sent around 120 hospital beds, chests of drawers, dining tables and surgical instruments to the hospitals in Struga and the surrounding outpatient departments through donations from the cantonal hospitals of St. Gallen , Rorschach and Frauenfeld .

In autumn 2009 a football club abroad ( Switzerland ) was founded by the local diaspora with the help of the cultural-humanitarian association Oktisi 09 . The club plays in the 4th division of the country.

traffic

The village is four kilometers off the Struga- Debar national road and about 18 kilometers from the Ohrid International Airport . It is 25 km to the Albanian border at Qafë Thana and 90 km to the Greek border at Dolno Dupeni . The road distance to the capital Skopje is 190 km.

Personalities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Census of Macedonia 2002. In: State Statistics Office. Retrieved November 20, 2013 (English, PDF; 2.3 MB).
  2. ↑ Oktisi Travel Guide. In: Virtualtourist.com. September 26, 2012, accessed November 20, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Culture-Humanitarian Association Oktisi09. Retrieved November 20, 2013 .