Čučer-Sandevo

Čučer-Sandevo (Macedonian: Чучер-Сандево ) is a village in Republic of North Macedonia. It is a seat of the Čučer-Sandevo Municipality.

Čučer-Sandevo

Чучер-Сандево
Village
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Čučer-Sandevo
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 42°6′12″N 21°22′55″E
Country North Macedonia
RegionSkopje Statistical Region
MunicipalityČučer-Sandevo Municipality
Government
 • MayorJovan Pejkovski
Elevation
447 m (1,467 ft)
Population
 • Total299
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)+389 02
Car platesSK

Geography

The village is located on southwestern parts of Skopska Crna Gora. Čučer-Sandevo is 15 km away from Skopje.

History
Old photography of Čučer.

According to Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov, in 1900 the village had 360 inhabitants who were Bulgarian Christians .[1] According to Bulgarian sources, the village was settled by Serbs in the period between 1689 and 1739.[2] The original name of the village was Čučer; Sandevo ("Sande's") was added after World War II in honour of Aleksandar Urdarevski-Sande.

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, Čučer-Sandevo had a population of 299 inhabitants, of whom 180 were Serbs (60%), 117 Macedonians (39%), 1 Albanian and 1 other.

Anthropology

According to Skopska Crna Gora (1971), the following families (or "brotherhoods") lived in Čučer.

  • Čučer
    • Kačaniklići (Качаниклићи). Four families. The ancestor of the Kačaniklić brotherhood in Čučer fled from Đurđev Dol in the nearby Kačanik Gorge (hence their surname), due to violence in ca. 1810 (during Ottoman rule). They have the slava (patron saint) of St. John. They derived their family name from their previous location.[3]
    • Livrinići[4]
    • Kajevići[4]

Notable people
  • Aleksandar Urdarevski, participant in the National Liberation War and National Hero

See also

References
  1. Кънчов, Васил. Македония. Етнография и статистика, София, 1900, стр. 206.
  2. Георгиев, Величко, Стайко Трифонов, История на българите 1878 - 1944 в документи, том 1 1878 - 1912, част втора, стр. 296.
  3. Trifunoski 1971, p. 46
    Неки су добили родовска презимена по селима и областима где су раније становали — Качаниклићи у Чучеру, Горанчани у Бањану и још неки друти. Позната је тежња и жеља досељеника да рођаци и пријатељи буду заједно у
  4. Trifunoski 1971, ?
    Нинићеви и Којчићеви у Љубанцу; Качаниклићи, Ливри- нићи, Кајевићи у Чучеру; Пусићеви, Љотови, Мрчови у Горњану; Башчићеви, Цареви, Павчевићи, Крагујеви у Бањану. Исељавања. У току предходних излагања било је ...

Sources
  • Trifunoski, Jovan F. (1971). Skopska Crna Gora: Prirodna sredina, proslost, naselja, stanovnistvo i prvreda. Univerzitet "Kiril i Metodij".CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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