Sasa, North Macedonia
Sasa
Саса | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 View of Sasa | |
  Sasa Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 42°04′41″N 22°32′42″E / 42.077928°N 22.544934°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Eastern |
| Municipality |  Makedonska Kamenica |
| Highest elevation | 1,340 m (4,400 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 700 m (2,300 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 501 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Sasa (Macedonian: Саса) is a rural village in the Makedonska Kamenica Municipality, North Macedonia. It has a population of 501.
History
The village and surrounding mines were set up by Saxons, which settled north-eastern Macedonia in Middle Ages. The name Sasa originates from German Saxons, as Sasa is the traditional name for a Saxon in Macedonian.
Vasil Kanchov's 1900 survey recorded 700 Bulgarian Christians and 30 Roma in the village.[1] Later in 1905, Secretary of the Bulgarian Exarchate Dimitar Mishev (writing as "Brancoff") documented 552 Exarchist Bulgarians and six Roma in the village, with one primary school, two teachers, and 46 students.[2]
Geography
The village is situated in the northern mountainous region of the Makedonska Kamenica Municipality, near the border with Bulgaria, at elevations ranging from 700 to 1,340 meters.[3]
Demographics
Ethnic groups
The historical ethnic makeup of this village is as follows:[4][5]
| Ethnicity | Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 1994 | 2002 | 2021 | |
| Macedonians | 1,222 | 1,193 | 1,607 | 1,381 | 1,031 | 1,190 | 874 | 418 |
| Albanians | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turks | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aromanians | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serbs | 1 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Others | 3 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1226 | 1206 | 1656 | 1388 | 1034 | 1190 | 876 | 501[note 1] |
Sex
The historical population of both sexes in this village is as follows:[6]
| Sex | Year | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 1994 | 2002 | |
| Male | 652 | 672 | 949 | 719 | 555 | 635 | 470 |
| Female | 574 | 534 | 707 | 669 | 479 | 555 | 406 |
Economy
The Sasa ore deposit near the village was discovered during exploration between 1954 and 1965.[7] The surrounding village is populated by around 1000 civilians; most are lower class and since the reopening of the mine in the 1960s, much of the male population has become miners.
Notes
- ↑ There are four "not mentioned" and seven "persons for whom the data has been obtained from administrative sources".
References
- ↑ Кѫнчовъ, Василъ (1900). Македония. Етнография и Статистика [Macedonia. Ethnography and Statistics] (in Bulgarian). Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. p. 227.
- ↑ Мишев, Димитър. La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne [Macedonia and Its Christian Population] (in French). Paris: Plon, Nourrit & Cie. pp. 132–133.
- ↑ Панов, Митко (1998). Енциклопедија на селата во Република Македонија [Encyclopedia of the Villages in the Republic of Macedonia] (PDF) (in Macedonian). Skopje: Patrija. p. 265. ISBN 9789989862007.
- ↑ "Население на Република Македонија според изјаснувањето за етничката припадност, по населени места, според пописите на население 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 1994 и 2002 година (согласно територијалната организација од 1996 година)" (in Macedonian). State Statistical Office of North Macedonia.
- ↑ "Вкупно резидентно население на Република Северна Македонија според етничката припадност, по населени места, Попис, 2021" (in Macedonian). State Statistical Office of North Macedonia.
- ↑ "Население по возраст и по пол, по населени места, според пописите спроведени во Република Македонија по Втората светска војна". PxWeb (in Macedonian). State Statistical Office of North Macedonia. Retrieved 2026-06-06.
- ↑ "Home – SASA lead & zinc mine" (in Macedonian). Retrieved 2026-06-06.