Štrbovo

Štrbovo
Штрбово
Village

Gorno Štrbovo with Lake Prespa behind
Štrbovo

Location within Macedonia

Coordinates: 40°55′33″N 21°06′09″E / 40.92583°N 21.10250°E / 40.92583; 21.10250
Country  Macedonia
Municipality Resen Municipality
Population (2002)
  Total 184
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s) +389
Car plates RE

Štrbovo (Macedonian: Штрбово) is a village in the Resen Municipality of the Republic of Macedonia. Its current population is 184.[1] Štrbovo is divided into Gorno (Upper) Štrbovo and Dolno (Lower) Štrbovo.

It is located on the eastern coast of Lake Prespa and is only 2 miles from the border with Aegean Macedonia.

The earliest known records that mention Štrbovo date back to 1538.

The village was formed in the area of Štrbovo called "Šhešuri." Later the village moved west to the location called "Rekite" (The Rivers)and soon after it relocated to another location called "Kukista."

The villagers now live in "Dolno Selo" (Lower Village) which consists of 62 houses.

"Gorno Selo" (Upper Village) is now all farm land with a few historic abandoned houses still standing.

Štrbovo has a natural river that flows though "Gorno Selo" and empties into the Krani River in the neighboring village of Krani.

A book about the village "Štrbovo Gordoct Naša" (Štrbovo, Our Pride) was written by Jonče Filipovski in the year 1998.

Demographics

Štrbovo has historically had a mostly ethnic Macedonian population.[2]

Ethnic
group
census 1961 census 1971 census 1981 census 1991 census 1994 census 2002
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Macedonians 367 99.7 290 100.0 284 98.3 329 99.7 194 99.5 184 100.0
others 1 0.3 0 0.0 5 1.7 1 0.3 1 0.5 0 0.0
Total 368 290 289 330 195 184

References

"Štrbovo, Our Pride" by Jonče Filipovski, 1998

Coordinates: 40°56′N 21°06′E / 40.933°N 21.100°E / 40.933; 21.100

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