Krakornica (, ) is a village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia.
Geography Krakornica is located between the Korab and Šar Mountains. It is located 31km from the town of Gostivar. At an altitude of 1530 m, it is considered the highest inhabited settlement in North Macedonia.
History Krakornica (Kurakornica) is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the ziamet of Reka. The settlement had a total of three households represented by household heads all bearing Albanian anthroponymy. Gjon Vuçe, Gjon Gjirgjiti (possibly, Gjergjeti), and Miho Mekshe In 1519, the village counted 12 Christian married families and 1 bachelor. In the 1583 census, the village of Kakornica counted 1 Muslim and 20 Christian families respectively, and 1 bachelor. One mill was working and the timar was paid 1113 akçe annually. The Christian anthroponyms recorded were Albanian and mixed Slavic-Albanian in character.: (e.g. Mahmut Abdulla, Pal Petko, Lin Janica, Laç Tode, Petri Stojan, Leko Miho, Gjon Miho, Lado Pejçin).Pajaziti, Ali, et al. (2014). Shqiptarët e Rekës së Epërm përballë sfidave të kohës [Albanians of Upper Reka facing the challenges of time]. South East European University. Gostivar-Skopje. page. 265
According to Ethnographie des Vilayets D'Andrinople, de Monastir, et de Salonique, published in Constantinople in 1878, the village had a total of 80, households with 83 Muslim Albanian and 120 Orthodox Albanian inhabitants. In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Krakornica was inhabited by 180 Christian Albanians and 180 Muslim Albanians.Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 264. In 1905 in statistics gathered by Dimitar Mishev Brancoff, Krakornica was inhabited by 210 Albanians and had a Bulgarian school.D.M.Brancoff (1905). La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne. Paris. pp. 184-185. Christian Albanians were attracted by Serbian propaganda and according to the statistics of the newspaper " Debarski Glas " in 1911 there were 64 Albanian Patriarchist houses in Krakornica.Дебърски глас, година 2, брой 38, 3 април 1911, стр. 2.
Due to the Balkan Wars, Muslim residents of Krakornica abandoned the village.
According to a 1929 ethnographic map by Russian Slavist Afanasy Selishchev, Krakornica was an Albanian village.Афанасий Селищев. „Полог и его болгарское население. Исторические, этнографические и диалектологические очерки северо-западной Македонии“. – София, 1929, стр. 26.
Demographics Krakornica's population in Yugoslav and Macedonian censuses has been ethnic Macedonian.Censuses of population 1948 - 2002 According to the 2021 census, Krakornica had 1 resident.Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
Ethnicgroup census 1953 census 1961 census 1971 census 1981 census 1991 census 1994 census 2002 census 2021 Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Macedonians 142 99.3 166 99.4 112 100.0 73 97.3 23 100.0 30 100.0 15 100.0 1 100.0 Serbs 1 0.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Albanians 0 0.0 1 0.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 others 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 2.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Total 143 167 112 75 23 30 15 1
Culture In 2007 author Edibe Selimi-Osmani recorded a number of folk songs of the Upper Reka region. Among these the song Trandafil në ferrë (rose amongst the thorns) is recorded from the Krakornica native and Albanian speaker Grozda Nikolovska. Trandafil në ferrë Trandafil në ferrë Çe na erdh lumja verë, ooo ih! Vera erdh e shkaj, Mulleza nuk pushoj. Vera jerdh e shkaj Shyshja nuk kindoj, ooo ih! Vera jerdh e shkaj Shyshja nuk pushoj. Trandalin në kaçë Tre jarana paç! Besën sun u dhashë ooo ih! Këndoi: Grozda Nikollovska, e lindur më 1932 në fshatin Krakornicë, Reka e Epërme. Shënoi: Edibe Selimi – Osmani (Osmani 2007)....Subjektet që i kanë kënduar këto këngë, si Igne Qiprovski, Ilinka Jankulloska, Grozda Nikollovska, Naza Nikolloska, Svetllana Jankullovska, Bllagorodna Ilioska, nga të Rekës së Epërme, janë shqiptarë të besimit ortodoks, që ruajtën gjuhën e tyre amtare shqipe, por konvertuan emrat e tyre personalë në ata të burimit sllav.
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