Gorna Goricë

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Gorna Goricë
Gorna Gorica
Goricë e Madhe
Горна Горица
Village
Gorna Goricë is located in Albania
Gorna Goricë
Gorna Goricë
Coordinates: 40°53′39″N 20°54′10″E / 40.89417°N 20.90278°E / 40.89417; 20.90278Coordinates: 40°53′39″N 20°54′10″E / 40.89417°N 20.90278°E / 40.89417; 20.90278
Country Albania
CountyKorçë
MunicipalityPustec
Municipal unitPustec
Population
 (2000)
 • Total515
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Gorna Goricë (Albanian: Gorna Gorica; Macedonian/Bulgarian: Горна Горица), previously officially known as Goricë e Madhe, is a village in the Pustec Municipality which is officially recognised as a Macedonian minority zone[1] located in the Korçë County in Albania.[2] It is situated west of Lake Prespa and the village of Tuminec, and northwest of the village of Dolna Gorica. The village is composed of ethnic Macedonians,[3] which form part of the larger Macedonian minority in Albania.[4] According to Bulgarian sources, including research by a Bulgarian scientist from Albania, the local inhabitants are Bulgarians.[5][6]

History[]

Gorna Gorica is a proposed location[7] of a fortified town called Pellion[8] of the ancient Greek[9] tribe of the Dexaroi. The site later became an ancient Macedonian fortress.[10]

In the late 19th century, the village came under the Bulgarian Exarchate. According to the exarchate, the village had 33 houses and 404 Orthodox Christian residents at that time.[11] The "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne" survey by Dimitar Mishev (D. Brankov) concluded that village had 360 Bulgarian Exarchists residents in 1905.[12]

In 2013, the village's official name was changed from "Goricë e Madhe" to "Gorna Gorica".[13]

Demographics[]

Year Population
1900 285
1926 511 (with Dolna Gorica)
1945 201
1960 329
1969 369
1979 406
1989 489
2000 515 [1]

References[]

  1. ^ https://minorityrights.org/minorities/macedonians/
  2. ^ Law nr. 115/2014
  3. ^ Xhaxho, Manjola (2007). Minority Rights and the Republic of Albania: Missing the Implementation (Thesis). Faculty of Law, Lund University.
  4. ^ "Census 2011 Data: Resident population by ethnic and cultural affiliation". The Institute of Statistics of Republic of Albania. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  5. ^ Бело Раки (Belo, Raki). Селищни имена в Мала Преспа - Албания, в: Македонски преглед, ХХХ, № 3, с. 134.
  6. ^ Българите в района на Корча и Мала Преспа (Албания) - съвременна картина, Балканистичен Форум, 2005, №1-3, с. 113-129 (Pashova, Anastasija. Bulgarians in the region of Korcha and Mala Prespa (Albania) nowadays, Balcanistic forum, 2005, issue No: 1-3, pp. 113-129.)
  7. ^ Barrington atlas of the Greek and Roman world by Richard J. A. Talbert, 2000, ISBN 0-691-04945-9, page 755
  8. ^ An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 326
  9. ^ The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 6: The Fourth Century BC by D. M. Lewis (Editor), John Boardman (Editor), Simon Hornblower (Editor), M. Ostwald (Editor), 1994, ISBN 0-521-23348-8, page 423: "These Dassareti not to be confused with the Greek speaking Dexari or Dessaretae lay between the Dardani and the coastal people of the Ardiaei,"
  10. ^ The campaigns of Alexander by Arrian, Aubrey De Sélincourt, ISBN 0-14-044253-7, 1971, page 50: "Pelium was a Macedonian border fortress"
  11. ^ Българите в Албания I част Archived 2009-07-09 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, pp. 168-169. (in French)
  13. ^ "Pas Pustecit, edhe 7 fshatra të Korçës me emertime maqedonase" (in Albanian). Info Arkiv. 17 April 2013. Archived from the original on 5 August 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.


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