sharr/šar planina – korab – dešat/deshat - UNEP Vienna ISCC

The demographic trends within the ŠarPlanina mountains on the Macedonian sidesignifi cantly differ, depending on the location:the northern and southern parts of this mountainrange are getting almost abandoned,while the population of the central part of thismountain range is more or less stable, which isbeing explained by some scientists by the differentspatial distribution of different religiousrites within this mountain region, and resultingtraditions and customs. The population ofthe villages in the central part of Šar Planinamountains are predominantly Muslim, andthese villages are still large and mostly stablein terms of the number of inhabitants. The villagesin the northern and southern parts of ŠarPlanina mountains are predominantly inhabitedby the followers of the Orthodox Christianrite, and these villages are usually eithersmall (except for e.g. Vratnica or Belovište)in terms of the number of inhabitants, or gettingabandoned.© UNEP / DEWA / GRID - EuropeMap 3: Population density in South Eastern Europe.PART 1. LOCAL CONTEXT FOR TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION 27