Dolna Gorica

Dolna Gorica
Village
Dolna Gorica
Coordinates: 40°52′37.92″N 20°55′30″E / 40.8772000°N 20.92500°E / 40.8772000; 20.92500Coordinates: 40°52′37.92″N 20°55′30″E / 40.8772000°N 20.92500°E / 40.8772000; 20.92500
Country  Albania
County Korçë
Municipality(s) Pustec
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Dolna Gorica (Bulgarian/Macedonian: Долна Горица), formerly Goricë e Vogël, is a village on the western shore of Lake Prespa in the Pustec Municipality of the Korçë County in Albania.[1]

History

A survey in the late 19th century found Dolna Gorica to consist of 75 houses and 67 male Bulgarian Orthodox residents.[2] In 1900, Vasil Kanchov gathered and compiled statistics on demographics in the area and reported that the village of Dolna Goritsa was inhabited by about 42 Bulgarian Christians.[3]

In February 1996, the village hosted a conference attended by officials from the Republic of Macedonia on the subject of the ethnic Macedonian minority in Albania.[4] In 2013, the village's official name was changed from "Goricë e Vogël" to "Dolna Gorica".[5]

Demographics

A 2007 estimate put the village's population at 550.[6]

Demographics
Year Population
1900 42
1926 511 (with Gorna Gorica)
1945 149
1960 108
1969 210
1979 271
1989 253
2000 364[7]

Culture

In 2002, a library opened in the village consisting of primarily Macedonian-language books.[8]

A monument commemorating the ethnic Macedonian refugees of the Greek Civil War was unveiled in the village in May, 2013.[9]

Dolna Gorica is home to the annual "Day of Wine" event, occurring each December.[10]

People from Dolna Gorica

  • Dola Škembi (1986 - ), poet[11]

References

  1. ↑ Law nr. 115/2014
  2. ↑ Българите в Албания I част Archived 2009-07-09 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Васил Кънчов. „Македония. Етнография и статистика“. София, 1900, стр. 242. (Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics, p. 242. Accessed 13 May 2018 (in Bulgarian)
  4. ↑ Vickers, Miranada; Pettifer, James (2000). Albania: From Anarchy to a Balkan Identity. New York, NY: New York University Press. p. 205. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Pas Pustecit, edhe 7 fshatra të Korçës me emertime maqedonase" (in Albanian). Info Arkiv. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  6. ↑ Belo, Raki. Селищни имена в Мала Преска - Албания, в: Македонски преглед, ХХХ, №3, стр.135.
  7. ↑ http://www.rec.org.mk/Proekti/Prespa/ecotourismmk.pdf
  8. ↑ ""The Temple of the Book" – Window towards the Fatherland". Culture.in.mk. 4 March 2002. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  9. ↑ Janevska, Ubavka (7 May 2013). "Во село Горица поставен споменик за егзодусот на македонските бегалци". Kanal 5 (in Macedonian). Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "Мала Преспа организира манифестација "Ден на виното"" (in Macedonian). Lider. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  11. ↑ Vlahov-Micov, Stefan. "Македонска еманципација на Балканот" (in Macedonian). Maticana Selenici. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
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