Matka (, ) is a village in the municipality of Saraj, North Macedonia.
History In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Matka was inhabited by 120 Muslim Albanians and 60 Christian Bulgarians Albanians.Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 264. In 1905 Dimitar Mishev Brancoff gathered statistics about the Christian population of Macedonia, in which the village of Matka appears as consisting of 56 Bulgarian Exarchists and 42 Christian Albanians.D.M.Brancoff (1905). La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne. Paris. pp. 114.
Demographics According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 466 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
Albanians 248 Macedonians 157 Bosniaks 5 Serbs 1 Others 55 YearMacedonianAlbanianTurksRomaniVlachsSerbsBosniaksOthersTotal2002167300.........1......4682021157248.........1555466
See also Matka Canyon
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