Kišava, (Macedonian: Кишава, Albanian: Këshavë) is a village in the municipality of Bitola, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Bistrica.

Kišava Кишава Këshavë
Village
Kišava
Kišava Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 40°52′59″N 21°19′0″E
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Pelagonia
Municipality	Bitola
Elevation	881 m (2,890 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	308
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	7223
Area code	+389 047
Car plates	BT
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Demographics and History

Kišava is populated by Muslim Albanians.[1] From the 1950s onward, people from Kišava began migrating to nearby settlements like Medžitlija or going abroad to other countries for better opportunities.

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 308 inhabitants.[2] Ethnic groups in the village include:[2]

• Albanians 307
• Macedonians 1

Panorama of Kišava showing the Pelagonia valley in the far west and the Baba mountains to far east

From 1963 onward, Albanians from Kišava migrated to Dandenong, a south-eastern Melbourne suburb in Victoria, Australia.[3][4] Dandenong is home to a large diaspora from Kišava and various landmarks are named after the village like Dandenong's Albanian mosque, Keshava Reserve, a park honouring Albanian immigration to the area and Keshava Grove, a residential street.[5][4][3]

In 2020, some members of the Kišava diaspora from Dandenong organised an ongoing annual festival Takimet e Keshavës (Kišava gathering) in Kišava, and is attended by the diaspora during their summer holidays in the village.[3]

Gallery

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  Kišava village
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  Traditional architecture of Kišava
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  Road in Kišava
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  Primary school in Kišava
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  Houses in Kišava
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  Mosque of Kišava
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  Fields of Kišava toward the Baba mountain range
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  Fields of Kišava
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  Horses grazing on Kišava mountain slope
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  Horse grazing in Kišava field
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  Kišava village

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