Macedonians are a recognized ethnic minority in Serbia.[3] According to data from the 2022 census, the population of ethnic Macedonians in Serbia is 14,767, constituting 0.2% of the total population. The vast majority of them live in Belgrade and South Banat District.

History

The first session of the Anti-fascist Assembly for the National Liberation of Macedonia (ASNOM) was held on 2 August 1944, clandestinely in the Bulgarian occupation zone of Yugoslavia, at Prohor Pčinjski Monastery, in present-day territory of Serbia. The Assembly declared a Macedonian state within Yugoslavia and called for the "unification of the whole Macedonian people" across the entire region of Macedonia.[4][5] The monastery proper was initially ceded after World War II to the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, but was transferred to the Socialist Republic of Serbia in 1945.[6]

In Maglić, in Bačka region, a center for refugees of the Greek Civil War operated from 1945 through 1949. Among the refugees settled here were mainly Slavic speakers of Greek Macedonia.[7]

Due to economic reasons, many Macedonians migrated during the 1960s and 1970s to the Serbia (predominantly to Vojvodina).

Demographics

According to the 2022 census there were 14,767 Macedonians in Serbia.[1] The Macedonian population is concentrated in two cities, Belgrade and Pančevo. In Belgrade region there are 4,293 Macedonians, while in neighboring Pančevo 3,020 - out of which vast majority live in three villages (Jabuka, Glogonj, and Kačarevo) that are within administrative limits of City of Pančevo. Additionally, Macedonians constitute 7.7% population of the municipality of Plandište (particularly in village of Dužine), where Macedonian language is in the official use.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
194817,907—    
195327,277+52.3%
196136,288+33.0%
197142,675+17.6%
198148,986+14.8%
199145,068−8.0%
200225,847−42.6%
201122,755−12.0%
202214,767−35.1%
Since 2002, excluding Kosovo
Source: [1]

Macedonians in selected South Banat settlements per censuses:

SettlementMunicipality1981[8]Share2002[9]Share2022[10]Share
DužinePlandište9031.9%6831.1%2327%
GlogonjPančevo1,20133.3%36711.5%1877%
GuduricaVršac19213.3%13310.5%627%
HajdučicaPlandište15510.2%1238.9%728.7%
KačarevoPančevo3,20538.6%1,46719%71011.2%
JabukaPančevo4,17964.8%2,05432.5%1,33923.7%
PančevoPančevo1,6622.4%1,1961.6%6610.9%
PlandištePlandište1,02724.9%91021.3%47814.3%
Velika GredaPlandište16310.3%1369.9%737.9%

Politics

The National Council of Macedonian Ethnic Minority in Serbia is a representation body of Macedonians, established for the protection of the rights and the minority self-government of Macedonians in Serbia.

The Democratic Party of Macedonians is the ethnic minority party representing interests of Macedonians in Serbia.

Culture

There is a monthly political journal Makedonska videlina produced by the Macedonian Information and Publishing Centre in Pančevo. Limited Macedonian-language television is available through regional public broadcaster of Radio Television of Vojvodina and the local station TV Pančevo.

Notable people

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Final results - Ethnicity". Почетна. 2023-07-14. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  2. 1 2 "Population by ethnicity, by areas" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  3. ↑ "Регистар националних савета националних мањина".
  4. ↑ Hugh Poulton (2000). Who are the Macedonians?. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. p. 105. ISBN 9781850655343.
  5. ↑ Nikolaos Zahariadis (2005). Essence of Political Manipulation: Emotion, Institutions, & Greek Foreign Policy. Peter Lang. p. 79. ISBN 9780820479033.
  6. ↑ Ivo Banac (2018). With Stalin against Tito: Cominformist Splits in Yugoslav Communism. Cornell University Press. p. 104. ISBN 9781501720833.
  7. ↑ "Petite histoire des Grecs dans la Tchécoslovaquie communiste - entretien avec Ilios Yannakakis". Radio Prague International (in French). 2006-05-01.
  8. ↑ 1981- Попис СФРЈ
  9. ↑ "Official Results of Serbian Census 2002–Population" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-18. Retrieved 2009-02-19. (441 KB) (in Serbian)
  10. ↑ "Ethnic composition of Serbia 2022".
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonians_in_Serbia