Bogovinje (; ) is a village in the municipality of Bogovinje, North Macedonia. It is a seat of the Bogovinje municipality. History Bogovinje is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 42 Christian households, 2 bachelors and 1 widow.Турски документи за историјата на македонскиот народ кн.4, Методија Соколоски, д-р Александар Стојановски, Скопје 1971
According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Bogovinje exhibits a majority Orthodox Christian Slavic anthroponomy, alongside a minority of names belonging to the Albanian onomastic sphere.
Sports The village also has a stadium home to FK Drita called Stadion Bogovinje.
Demographics As of the 2021 census, Bogovinje had 5,239 residents with the following ethnic composition:Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021 Albanians 4,829 Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 405 Macedonians 1 Others 4
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 6,328 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 72.
Albanians 6,273 Macedonians 1 Romani 5 Others 49
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Bogovinje was inhabited by 2,023 Muslim Albanians.
According to the Bulgarian scientific expedition during the First World War, Bogovinje was inhabited by 1,188 Pomaks.
According to the Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Bogovinje was inhabited by 600 Muslim Albanians.Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 264.
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