Šašavarlija
Шашаварлија | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 41°43′01″N 22°17′14″E / 41.716946°N 22.287116°E | |
Country | North Macedonia |
Region | Eastern |
Municipality | Štip |
Population (2002) | |
• Total | 108 |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Website | . |
Šašavarlija ( Macedonian: Шашаварлија, Turkish: Şaşavarlı) is a village in the municipality of Štip, North Macedonia.
According to the Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov it was a pure Turkish Muslim village at the beginning of the 20th century. [1] The famous Turkish retail company Pehlivanoğlu surname hails from this village, and in an interview in 2009 they were fluent in Macedonian [2] Turkish Government opened the new school of the village in 2014. [3]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 108 inhabitants. [4] Ethnic groups in the village include: [4]
As of 2021, the village of Shashvarlija has 79 inhabitants and the ethnic composition was the following: [5]