Dobrošte (Macedonian: Доброште, ) is a village 15 km northeast of Tetovo, North Macedonia, along the highway from Tetovo to Globocica. Tearce Government website Under the new territorial division, Dobroste was moved from the Tetovo municipality to the new municipality of Tearce.
History Prior to Ottoman rule, the population of Dobrošte consisted of Albanian Catholics, as there were four Albanian Catholic churches in the village in addition to Christian graves with Albanian inscriptions. Due to Ottoman influence, most of the Albanians converted to Islam.
In 1453, Dobroste consisted of 48 families according to Turkish-Ottoman data.Dobroste from Tearce Municipality website
Dobrošte is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 160 Christian households, 10 bachelors and 21 widows.Турски документи за историјата на македонскиот народ кн.4, Методија Соколоски, д-р Александар Стојановски, Скопје 1971
In World War II, 71 people were killed by the Yugoslav Partisans.
Albanian nationalism Dobroste was the birthplace of many Albanian nationalists.Lidhja Kosovare Kongresi i Pare Botnuer, Chicago 24-25 Nanduer, 1973 In 1917, Isen Hasani and Kadri Azemi fought against the Serbian Army in Skopska Crna Gora, where they were eventually killed.Dr. Vebi Xhemaili, article: Shqiptarët e Maqedonisë në mbrojtje të Shqipërisë Etnike 1941-1945, From 1940 to 1945, Dobroste was headquarters of one of the Balli Kombetar units in the northwest of Macedonia. The most notable of these Ballists were Isen Rustemi and Halil Ivaja, as well as Ramadan Ramadani, Mete Azizi, Brahim Halimi, Llokman Lutfiu, and Hafez Jusuf Azemi.Pollogu newsBalli Kombetar News Agency
Geography Coordinates: 42° 6′ 12″ N, 21° 4′ 40″ E, Elevation: 494 meters Population: Approximately 2,649
Demographics As of the 2021 census, Dobrošte had 2,649 residents with the following ethnic composition:Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021 Albanians 2,308 Macedonians 288 Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 40 Others 13
According to the 2002 census, the village had a population of 3,549. 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. 184.
Albanians 3,160 Macedonians 345 Serbs 3 Turks 2 Bosniaks 1 Others 38
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Dobrošte (Dobroshte) was inhabited by 220 Christian Bulgarians and 196 Muslim Albanians.Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 211.
Notable people Hafëz Jusuf Azemi
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