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Magarevo
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Magarevo is a village in the region of Bitola. The Vlach character of the village was given after the exoduses of 1769, when Vlachs from Moscopole, Gramos, Linitopi, Niculitsa and other parts of Epirus and Albania settled in kaza Bitola. Most researchers agree that until the Vlachs settled in Magarevo in late 18th century, the village was inhabited by a small number of Slavonic-speaking Christians. However, data from Ottoman defters and court registers suggest that there might have been Vlachs living in Magarevo as early as 1638. Documents from 1623 show that there were also some Muslims (Turks or Albanians) living in Magarevo. By the end of the 19th century, Magarevo was an exclusively Vlach village. In 1900, the Bulgarian Vassil Kanchov registers 2,400 inhabitants in Magarevo, all Vlachs. It is likely that some of the Slavonic speaking inhabitants of Magarevo were gradually assimilated by the more numerous Vlachs. In this context, we can mention the prominent Vlach family from Magarevo, the Mano family, which had its businesses in Pest. However, members of the Mano family in Magarevo are mentioned in 1640, when the village was predominantly Slavic. In the 2002 population census conducted in the Republic of Macedonia, Magarevo had 87 inhabitants, 62 of which were Macedonian, while only 24 were Vlach. Page No. 38a in Document 5 of Sicil No. 6 of Bitola Court was created in 1640. It is consisted of a statement by the villagers from Magarevo, who give their guarantees that the former bandit Loshan from Magarevo will no longer be a robber, because he became a martolos (local security force of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans, active between 15-17 centuries, initially constituted out of the local Christians) Bitola Court from February 17, 1641, is consisted of a list of Christian villages in the region of Bitola. In it, Magarevo is listed as a village with 55 houses.
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