Ljubaništa

Ljubaništa

Ljubaništa

Village in the municipality of Ohrid, North Macedonia

Ljubaništa (Macedonian: Љубаништа) is a village along the shore of the Lake Ohrid in North Macedonia. The village is located near the Monastery of St. Naum and the border with Albania.[1]

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History

Of all the Orthodox Macedonian villages located on the eastern side of Lake Ohrid, only Ljubaništa had family ties with Orthodox Albanians from Pogradec and Korçë in Albania.[1]

Beach in Ljubaništa

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 171 inhabitants.[2] Ethnic groups in the village include:[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Wrocławski, Krzysztof (1979). Македонскиот народен раскажувач Димо Стенкоски. Институт за фолклор. p. 74. "Што се од- несува за Албанците, тие не се населувале на овие терени и месните луѓе не го знаеле албанскиот јазик, иако имале тргов- ски контакти со албанското население. Од поблиските села само селото Љубаништа (крај манастирот Св. Наум) имало семеј- ни врски со православните Албанци од гратчињата Поградец и Корча, кои денеска се наоѓаат на територијата на Албанија."
  2. [2]
    Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 314.

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