Podmočani (Macedonian: Подмочани) is a village in the Resen Municipality of the Republic of North Macedonia, north of Lake Prespa. The village is roughly 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from the municipal centre of Resen.[1]

Podmočani Подмочани
Village
Podmočani centre and river
Podmočani Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°01′28″N 21°03′02″E
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Pelagonia
Municipality	Resen
Population  (2002)
• Total	306
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)	+389
Car plates	RE

Demographics

Podmočani is inhabited by an Orthodox Macedonian majority and during the course of the 20th century by a small Sunni Muslim Albanian minority.[2] During the late Ottoman period, Macedonian Muslims also used to reside in Podmočani.[3]

Panorama showing the Baba mountains (west), Podmočani (centre-east) and in the distant background Grnčari village, Lake Prespa and the Galičica mountains (centre-west)

Podmočani has 306 residents as of the most recent national census of 2002.[4] The population had increased to 875 in 1981, but has declined in every census since.[5]

Gallery

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  Architecture of Podmočani
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  A remnant of traditional architecture in Podmočani
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  Architecture of Podmočani
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  Centre of Podmočani and village river
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  Yugoslav era monument to fallen partisans, Podmočani
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  Primary and secondary school of Podmočani
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  Bust of fallen Yugoslav partisan in school yard
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  Ethnographic museum of Podmočani
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  Fields of Podmočani
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  St. George church and Orthodox cemetery of Podmočani
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  Church of Sts. Peter and Paul with the Prespa Cross, Podmočani, built and donated by Boris Nitchoff
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  Fields of Podmočani

People from Podmočani

• Panaret Bregalnički (1878 - 1944), Orthodox bishop[6]
• Atanas Gl'mbočki (1880 - 1926), revolutionary[7]
• Eftim Kitančev (1868 - 1925), first president of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee[8]
• Trajko Kitančev (1858 - 1895), revolutionary
• Kočo Kočovski (? - 1903), revolutionary[7]

References