Elovo () is a village in the municipality of Studeničani, North Macedonia.
The village is Torbeš, because of socially-economic factor they declare themselves as Turks
History The village is mentioned in historical records since the 13th century CE. The inhabitants of the village appear to have been in conflict with protosebastos Pribo Vlastelin, who was a Bulgarian feudal landowner in the area between Skopje and Veles. The villagers who seem to have been in relations of feudal servitude with Vlastelin came into open conflict with him and their parish priest Dragomir. During the conflict the Metropolitan of Skopje Jovan, removed Dragomir from Elovo and later defrocked him. During the great migration movements in Macedonia at the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th centuries, Slavic-speaking Muslims left the Debar area for the central regions of Macedonia and settled in villages such as Elovo located in the Skopje area.
On the 1927 ethnic map of Leonhard Schulze-Jena, the village is written as "Elova" and shown as a Muslim Albanian village.Schultze Jena, Leonhard. Makedonien: Landschafts- und Kulturbilder. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1927 According to the 1929 ethnographic map by Russian Slavist Afanasy Selishchev, Elovo was an Albanian village.Афанасий Селищев. „Полог и его болгарское население. Исторические, этнографические и диалектологические очерки северо-западной Македонии“. – София, 1929, стр. 26.
Demographics In the second half of the 20th century, Elovo was inhabited by a Torbeši population. p. 126. "Еден дел од торбешката група, кои на крајот на XVII век и во почетокот на XVIII-иот, во времето на големите миграциони движења во Македонија, ја напуштило старата територија (Дебарско) и се преселило во централните области на Македонија. Така се формирале шет торбешки села во Скопско (Пагаруша, Д. Количани, Држилово, Цветово, Елово, Умово) и две Велешко (Г. Врановци и Мелница)." In Elovo there are a number of Albanian families (13) from the neighbouring village of Crn Vrv who reside there through marriage with locals and are assimilated in the village.MIKROTOPONIMIA E KARSHIAKËS SË SHKUPIT/edicioni i dytë X Idrizi Shkup, 2017. page 53 "Në Ellovë ka edhe disa familje shqiptare (13) të ardhura nga fshati i afërm Cërnivor për shkaqe martesore. Sipas provave që bëra, këta pjesëtarë të kombit shqiptar i pashë të asimiluar"
According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 198 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2021), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021 Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 99 Turks 98 Albanians 1
YearMacedonianAlbanianTurksRomaniVlachsSerbsBosniaksOthersPersons for whom data are taken from administrative sourcesTotal2002113247............4n/a2652021...198...............99198
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