Pepelište () is a village in the municipality of Negotino, North Macedonia. It is located in the Povardarie wine-growing region, along the river Vardar.
Demographics According to the statistics of Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900 the settlement is recorded as "Pepelišta" in which 984 inhabitants lived. 850 of them being Muslim Bulgarians, 80 being Christian Bulgarians and 54 being Romani.Vasil Kanchov. "Macedonia. "Ethnography and statistics." Sofia, 1900, p. 155 On the 1927 ethnic map of Leonhard Schulze-Jena, the village is shown as a Muslim Bulgarian village.Schultze Jena, Leonhard. Makedonien: Landschafts- und Kulturbilder. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1927 According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,070 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. 142.
Macedonians 796 Turks 33 Serbs 194 Romani 25 Albanians Others 22
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