Dollna Goricë
Dolna Gorica
Goricë e Vogël
Долна Горица
Village
Dolna Gorica and Lake Prespa
Dolna Gorica and Lake Prespa
Dollna Goricë is located in Albania
Dollna Goricë
Dollna Goricë
Coordinates: 40°52′37.92″N 20°55′30″E / 40.8772000°N 20.92500°E / 40.8772000; 20.92500
Country Albania
CountyKorçë
MunicipalityPustec
Municipal unitPustec
Population
 (2007)
 • Total550
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Dollna Goricë (Albanian: Dollna Gorica, Macedonian and Bulgarian:[1][2][3] Долна Горица), formerly Goricë e Vogël, is a village on the western shore of Lake Prespa in the Pustec Municipality which is officially recognised as a Macedonian minority zone[4] located in the Korçë County in Albania.[5]

History

A survey in the late 19th century found Dolna Gorica to consist of 75 houses and 67 male Bulgarian Orthodox residents.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8] In 2013, the village's official name was changed from "Goricë e Vogël" to "Dolna Gorica".[9]

Demographics

A 2007 estimate put the village's population at 550.[10] According to Bulgarian sources, including research by a Bulgarian scientist from Albania, the local inhabitants are Bulgarians.[11][12]

Demographics
Year Population
1900 42
1926 511 (with Gorna Gorica)
1945 149
1960 108
1969 210
1979 271
1989 253
2000 364[13]
Bilingual sign in Dolna Gorica, written in both Macedonian and Albanian

Culture

In 2002, a library opened in the village consisting of primarily Macedonian-language books.[14]

A monument commemorating the ethnic Macedonian refugees of the Greek Civil War was unveiled in the village in May, 2013.[15]

Dolna Gorica is home to the annual "Day of Wine" event, occurring each December.[16]

References

  1. ↑ German Academic Exchange Service: Humboldt Balkan Cosmos - Dolna Gorica.
  2. ↑ General survey of the nominal system of the Bulgarians in Mala Prespa — Albania. (Bg.) p. 170; in State and Problems of Bulgarian Onomastics, 2010 / Vol 11 / Issue 1, pp. 169-176.
  3. ↑ Albania officially recognizes Bulgarian minority. Xinhua| 2017-10-13.
  4. ↑ "Macedonians". 19 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6372–6373. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  6. ↑ Българите в Албания I част Archived 2009-07-09 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Васил Кънчов. „Македония. Етнография и статистика“. София, 1900, стр. 242. (Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics, p. 242. Accessed 13 May 2018 (in Bulgarian)
  8. ↑ Vickers, Miranada; Pettifer, James (2000). Albania: From Anarchy to a Balkan Identity. New York, NY: New York University Press. p. 205. ISBN 9780814788059. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "Pas Pustecit, edhe 7 fshatra të Korçës me emertime maqedonase" (in Albanian). Info Arkiv. 17 April 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-08-05. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  10. ↑ Бело Раки (Belo, Raki). Селищни имена в Мала Преспа - Албания, в: Македонски преглед, ХХХ, №3, стр. 135.
  11. ↑ Бело Раки (Belo, Raki). Селищни имена в Мала Преспа - Албания, в: Македонски преглед, ХХХ, № 3, с. 134.
  12. ↑ Пашова, Анастасия. 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.)
  13. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2008-04-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ↑ ""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.
  15. ↑ Janevska, Ubavka (7 May 2013). "Во село Горица поставен споменик за егзодусот на македонските бегалци". Kanal 5 (in Macedonian). Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  16. ↑ "Мала Преспа организира манифестација "Ден на виното"" (in Macedonian). Lider. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
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