Dosuđe

Dosuđe
Досуђе
Dosugje
Village
Dosuđe
Location within Montenegro
Coordinates: 42°34′12″N 19°50′47″E / 42.570118°N 19.846448°E / 42.570118; 19.846448
CountryMontenegro
RegionNorthern
MunicipalityGusinje
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
306
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Dosuđe (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Досуђе; Albanian: Dosugje) is a village in the municipality of Gusinje, Montenegro.

History

The earliest mention of the village was recorded in the late 13th century, within the Medieval Serbian State ruled by The Nemanjić Dynasty. It was the very charter of Serbian king Milutin (1282-1321) issued between 1282 and 1298, in which the king confirmed the donations of his grandfather and his father to The Hilandar Monastery of Mount Athos along with including donations of his own. Among the villages assigned to support the monastery, paragraph X stipulates ,,оу плавѣ село досуге и сЬ заселиѥмь[1], that is ,,within the Župa Plav the village of Dosuđe and its confines - župa being the administrative unit similar to a county or a parish.

The Gjokaj brotherhood of Hoti from Hoti i Vendit founded Dosuđe (Dosugja) in the 18th century.[2]

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, its population was 306.[3] The population is majority Muslim. The Albanians of this village speak with the Gheg dialect of the Albanian language.

Ethnicity in 2011
Ethnicity Number Percentage
Bosniaks 181 59.2%
Albanians 62 20.3%
Serbs 35 11.4%
Montenegrins 11 3.6%
other/undeclared 17 5.6%
Total 306 100%

References

  1. ^ Стојан Новаковић, Законски споменици српских држава средњег века, Belgrade 1912, 390
  2. ^ Biber, Ahmet. "HISTORIJAT RODOVA NA PODRUČJU BJELIMIĆA [History of the lineages of Bjelimići]". Fondacija "Lijepa riječ". Archived from the original on 2020-02-21. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  3. ^ "Tabela N1. Stanovništvo prema nacinalnoj odnosno etničkoj pripadnosti po naseljima, Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u Crnoj Gori 2011. godine" (in Montenegrin). Statistical Office of Montenegro. Retrieved January 27, 2012.