Prždevo
Encyclopedia
Prždevo is a mixed ethnic Macedonian
and Roma village with over 200 residents, located in the Republic of Macedonia
. It had nearly 500 residents just 15 years ago, but many moved to larger areas. Even so, the village boasts a pepper factory and a winery, scheduled to open in 2008. It is the only village in the municipality with ethnic Roma families, which account for about 20% of the population. It has a very old church, and is the crossroads for several other villages to the east and south. Many villagers are farmers and produce their own livestock for dairy products as well.
Macedonians (ethnic group)
The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...
and Roma village with over 200 residents, located in the Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
. It had nearly 500 residents just 15 years ago, but many moved to larger areas. Even so, the village boasts a pepper factory and a winery, scheduled to open in 2008. It is the only village in the municipality with ethnic Roma families, which account for about 20% of the population. It has a very old church, and is the crossroads for several other villages to the east and south. Many villagers are farmers and produce their own livestock for dairy products as well.
Sources
- Demir Kapija: From Prehistory to Today ISBN 9989-712-65-4, p 97-8
- Macedonian census data of 2002.