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Banjane () or Banjani () is a village in the municipality of Čučer-Sandevo, North Macedonia. The village lies some 15 kilometers north of Skopje, in the region of Skopska Crna Gora. Banjane is best known for its three churches, St. Nicetas and St. Elias from 14th century and St. George from 16th century.
The area is rich in forests and pastures in the north, and in the south there is arable land. The Banjane River also passes through it. The locals were supplied with drinking water from wells, pumps and fountains.
Surrounding villages are Gornjane and Čučer-Sandevo from the west, Kučevište from the east and Gluvo/Brazda from the south.
The village basically has a mixed agricultural function.Панов, Митко (1998). Енциклопедија на селата во Република Македонија p. 19
According to the Secretary of the Bulgarian Exarchate Dimitar Mišev ("La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne"), in 1905 there were 600 Bulgarians in Banjane, labelled by him as Serbomans ( patriarchs).Brancoff, D.M. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne. Avec deux cartes ethnographiques", Paris, 1905 р. 114-115
In his 1927 map of Macedonia, Germans explorer Leonhard Schultze-Jena shows Banjani as a Serbs village. Leonhard Schultze Jena. "Makedonien, Landschafts- und Kulturbilder", Jena, G. Fischer, 1927
In 1961 the village had 687 inhabitants, of which 382 were Macedonians and 293 Serbs, while in 1994 it had 563 inhabitants, of which 324 were Serbs, 221 Macedonians and 8 Romani.
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 597 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 192.
As of the 2021 census, Banjane had 527 residents with the following ethnic composition: Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
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