Peštalevo
village in North Macedonia
Peštalevo (Macedonian: Пешталево, Albanian: Peshtalevë) is a village located in a lowland area in the municipality of Dolneni, North Macedonia.
History and Demographics
The village traditionally contains a Torbeš population that speaks the Macedonian language, descended from three brothers (Abdul, Sinan and Suljo). The three siblings originated from one of the Muslim Slavic villages in the Debar region (now on the modern Albanian side of the border) arriving to Peštalevo in the second half of the 18th century. Torbeši's of Peštalevo are divided into many households split into three groups referred to by patronyms based on their ancestors (Abdulovci, Sinanovci and Suljovci). Between 1954 - 1960 large scale migration from Peštalevo by Torbeš to Turkey occurred, while Orthodox Macedonians from the Poreče region settled in the village. The village also contains residents originating from the village of Brailovo. Torbeš from Peštalevo refer to the surrounding Christian population as Makedonci (Macedonians) and those Orthodox Macedonians refer to them as Turci (Turks) due to they being Muslims. The village also has an ethnic Albanian population.
According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 511 inhabitants.
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