title: Volkovija, Mavrovo and Rostuša
text: # Volkovija, Mavrovo and Rostuša
  
  Volkovija (Macedonian: Волковија, Albanian: Vallkavi) is a village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  Volkovija (Vukovja) is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the ziamet of Reka which was under the authority of Karagöz Bey. The village had a total of six households and the anthroponymy recorded depicts an almost exclusively Albanian character: Progon Domi, Pop Radoslav, Kolë Domi, Kolë Domi the other, Andrije Domi, and Muzhava Domi.
  
  According to the 1942 Albanian census, Volkovija was inhabited by 120 Serbophone Orthodox Albanians 69 Muslim Albanians.
  
  According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 89 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
  
  * Albanians 80
  * Macedonians 9
  
  As of the 2021 census, Volkovija had 21 residents with the following ethnic composition:
  
  * Albanians 15
  * Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 6
  