Gorno Palčište
# Gorno Palčište

Gorno Palčište (Macedonian: Горно Палчиште, Albanian: Pallçisht i Epërm) is a village in the municipality of Bogovinje, North Macedonia.

## History

According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Gorno Palčište appears as being largely inhabited by an Orthodox Christian Albanian population. Due to Slavicisation, some families had a mixed Slav-Albanian anthroponomy - usually a Slavic first name and an Albanian last name or last names with Albanian patronyms and Slavic suffixes.

The names are: Lazor, son of Arbanas; Gjon Arbanas; Dejan, his son; Gjergji Arbanas; Ivan, son of Dren; Dimitri, his son; Gjuri-ca Dralla; Lazor govedar (herder); Dobroslav, his brother; Mitran, his brother; Toni star (old man); Dejan, his son; Gjon the son-in-law of Radoslav; Kola, son of Zahari; Gjurgji, son of Zahari.

## Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Gorno Palčište had 1,127 residents with the following ethnic composition:

* Albanians 1,037
* Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 90

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1356 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:

* Albanians 1339
* Macedonians 1
* Others 16

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Gorno Palčište was inhabited by 1031 Muslim Albanians, 94 Bulgarians and 183 Serbs.

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Gorno Palčište was inhabited by 165 Muslim Albanians.

