title: Matka, Saraj
text: # Matka, Saraj
  
  Matka (Macedonian: Матка, Albanian: Matkë) is a village in the municipality of Saraj, North Macedonia.
  
  ## History
  
  In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Matka was inhabited by 120 Muslim Albanians and 60 Christian Bulgarians Albanians. In 1905 Dimitar Mishev Brancoff gathered statistics about the Christian population of Macedonia, in which the village of Matka appears as consisting of 56 Bulgarian Exarchists and 42 Christian Albanians.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 466 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
  
  * Albanians 248
  * Macedonians 157
  * Bosniaks 5
  * Serbs 1
  * Others 55
  
  | Year | Macedonian | Albanian | Turks | Romani | Vlachs | Serbs | Bosniaks | Others | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2002 | 167 | 300 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 468 |
  | 2021 | 157 | 248 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 55 | 466 |
  