Vodoča

Village in Southeastern, North Macedonia

41°27′N 22°35′E / 41.450°N 22.583°E / 41.450; 22.583Country

North MacedoniaRegion

SoutheasternMunicipality

StrumicaPopulation

(2002)

• Total318Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Vodoča (Macedonian: Водоча) is a village in Strumica Municipality, North Macedonia. It is located about 5 km northeast of Strumica and is home to the St. Leontius Monastery [mk], which was completely reconstructed because of severe damage suffered during an earthquake that occurred in 1931.^[1]

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 318 inhabitants.^[2] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[2]

Macedonians 316
Serbs 2

As of 2021, the village of Vodocha has 227 inhabitants and the ethnic composition was the following:^[3]

Macedonians – 216
Albanians – 1
Person without Data - 10

References

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^ Macedonian Monasteries, Dimitar Kornakov, Skopje 2009.
^ ^a ^b Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 182.
^ "Archived". makstat.stat.gov.mk. Archived from the original on December 25, 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2023.^{[dead link]}