Mogila

Mogila
Моглиа
Village
Mogila

Location within Macedonia

Coordinates: 41°6′29″N 21°22′42″E / 41.10806°N 21.37833°ECoordinates: 41°6′29″N 21°22′42″E / 41.10806°N 21.37833°E
Country  Macedonia
Statistical Region Pelagonia
Municipality Mogila municipality
Highest elevation 582 m (1,909 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 1,526
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Car plates BT

Mogila (Macedonian:  Могила ) is a village in the south of the Republic of Macedonia. It is a seat of the Mogila municipality. The village is located in Pelagonia, north-east of the city of Bitola. It has been said that the name derives from the Ancient Macedonian "Mogila" which means graveyard, even though there has been nowhere recorded any such word by ancient lexicographers such as Hesychius of Alexandria, Amerias, Marsyas of Pella and Athenaeus who have saved around 200 ancient Macedonian words. Most probably the name derives from Bulgarian "Mogila" which means "mound", "hill".[1] See also Russian "mogila" with the meaning of "grave", "tomb", "sepulcher"[2] and Polish "mogila" with the meaning of "tomb"[3]

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, all but one of Mogila's 1,526 residents were Macedonian.

Number %
TOTAL 1,526 100.00
Macedonians 1,525 99.93
Others 1 00.07

History

In the 19th century Ottoman Macedonia, Mogila was known as a village in the district of Bitola with a large population of "Komiti" or Macedonian freedom fighters. In 1900, Mogila had 850 residents.

In the late 19th century and early 20th century the village became involved in the struggle of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization against Ottoman rule. On May 8, 1903, the home of local revolutionary Nikola Meshkov, a member of Parashkev Tsvetkov's band, was raided by Ottoman forces, and in the ensuing battle three men and two women were killed.[4]

Notable residents

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References

  1. ↑ http://translate.google.com/#bg|en|%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0
  2. ↑ http://translate.google.com/#ru|en|%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0
  3. ↑ http://translate.google.com/#pl|en|mogila
  4. ↑ Liberation struggle of Bulgarians in Macedonia and Odrinsko 1902-1904. Дипломатически документи, София 1978, с. 184-185 Diplomatic documents, Sofia 1978, pp 184-185