| Kremenica
Кременица Kınalı | |
|---|---|
 Air view of the village | |
  KremenicaLocation within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 40°55′25″N 21°27′32″E / 40.92361°N 21.45889°E / 40.92361; 21.45889 | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Pelagonia |
| Municipality |  Bitola |
| Elevation | 585 m (1,919 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 134 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 7223 |
| Area code | +389 047 |
| Car plates | BT |
| Website | . |
Kremenica (Macedonian: Кременица), formerly Kenali (Macedonian: Кенали, Turkish: Kınalı) is a village in the Bitola Municipality of North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Bistrica.
History
In the early Ottoman period, Kenali was one of several villages in the Pelagonia plain settled by nomadic Turkomen tribes from Anatolia during 1475–1543. Following the end of Ottoman rule, the Balkan Wars (1912–1913) and the difficult living circumstances which emerged, Turks from Kenali migrated to Turkey and settled in the towns of Gazeller and Tekeler in Sakarya province. In Turkey, Turkish villagers have kept some of their customs from their former homeland.
Demographics
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 134 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
- Macedonians 112
- Turks 20
- Serbs 1
- Others 1
References
- Bitoski, Krste (1973). Istorija na železnicite vo Makedonija, 1873–1973 [History of the Railways in Macedonia, 1873–1973] (in Macedonian). Železničko transportno pretprijatie. pp. 104, 516.
- Trifunoski, Jovan (1998). Bitoljsko–Prilepska kotlina antropogeografska proučavanja [Bitola-Prilep basin anthropogeographical studies]. Srpski etnografski zbornik, Volume 99. Belgrade: Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti. p. 69. ISBN 9788670252677.
- Mihajlovski, Robert (2021). The Religious and Cultural Landscape of Ottoman Manastır. Brill. p. 32. ISBN 9789004465268.
- ^ Öngen, Ayşe Gamze (2024). "Makedonya Türklerinde Gelinlik Giydirme Geleneği" [Wedding Dress Tradition in Macedonian Turks]. The Journal of Academic Social Science (in Turkish) (150): 91, 93.
- ^ Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 69.
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