Koći
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::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Koje / Koći |
| native_name | Коћи |
| Kojë | |
| settlement_type | Village |
| pushpin_map | Montenegro |
| pushpin_label_position | left |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location within Montenegro |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | |
| subdivision_type1 | Municipality |
| subdivision_name1 | [[File:Tuzi Flag.svg |
| population_as_of | 2011 |
| population_total | 54 |
| timezone | CET |
| utc_offset | +1 |
| timezone_DST | CEST |
| utc_offset_DST | +2 |
| coordinates | |
| area_code_type | Area code |
| area_code | +382 20 |
| blank1_info_sec1 | PG |
| blank1_name_sec1 | Car plates |
| :: |
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Koći (Коћи; ) is a village in the municipality of Tuzi, Montenegro, near the border with Albania. The village is inhabited by ethnic Albanians of the Roman Catholic faith.
Geography
Koći lies east of the capital Podgorica, north of Ubli. Koći is a village in Koja e Kuçit, eastern Montenegro, bordering Albania.
Along with Albanian-inhabited Hoti and Gruda, Koći is, from Albanian point of view, part of the wider Malësia-region (Malesija).
History
At the beginning of the Montenegrin–Ottoman War, the Kuči rose up against the Ottomans, who started dispatching soldiers at the frontier, including at Koći.
According to Spiridon Gopčević, the area of Koći included 10 km2 and 550 inhabitants, out of which 480 were Catholics, 40 Orthodox, and 25 Muslims (1877).
20th century
Traveler Arso Milatović (who wrote a travel book on his experiences 1935–45) stayed at Koći and described it as "a village neighbouring Malesia, misplaced and rugged, which a horse can't reach, thus donkeys and mules walk the rocks as squirrels on branches". The inhabitants were Catholics, and the village had a church and priest, fra Marko. The village population has since massively decreased.
::data[format=table title="Demographic history"] | Ethnic group | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2003 | 2011 | Albanians | Montenegrins | Yugoslavs | Undeclared/ Others | Total | url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/montenegro-census.htm|title=Montenegro censuses 1948-2003|editor=Tim Bespyatov|date=2008–2013}} (note: no data on ethnic groups, language and religion, only total population) | 471 | 446 | 536 | 386 | 237 | 91 | 54 | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | | 411 | 501 | 301 | | 73 | 48 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 35 | 19 | 77 | | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 4 | | | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ::
Culture
Some Albanian Catholics have the custom of family and tribe celebration of saints (called festa in Peja), as is found in the Serbian Orthodox tradition of krsna slava.
Notable people
- Pretash Zekaj Ulaj (1882-1962), commander in the Battle of Deçiq against the Ottoman Empire.
References
Sources
References
- (November 2014). "Recherches albanologiques: Folklore et ethnologie". Instituti Albanologijik i Prishtinës.
- Miljanov, Marko. (1990). "Primjeri čojstva i junaštva; Život i običaji Arbanasa; Fragmenti; Pisma; Bibliografija". Crnogorska akademija nauka i umjetnosti.
- S. Gopevi. "Das F?rstentum Albanien". Рипол Классик.
- Arso Milatović. (1990). "Kosmet: 1935-1945: moje svedočenje". Naučna knjiga.
- Momčilo S. Lutovac. (1980). "Migracija radne snage iz Crne Gore na privremeni rad u inostranstvu: (1964-1974)". Srpsko geografsko društvo.
- "popis 1961".
- "popis 1971".
- "popis 1981".
- Књига 1, ''Становништво, национална или етничка припадност, подаци по насељима'', Републички завод за статистику, Подгорица, септембар 2004, {{ISBN. 86-84433-00-9
- "Table N1. Population by etnicity by settlement". MONSTAT.
- (2008–2013). "Montenegro censuses 1948-2003".
- Srpska akademija nauka. (1957). "Bulletin of the Ethnographical Institute". Naucno delo.
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