Huma, North Macedonia


Huma is a village located in the Gevgelija municipality of North Macedonia. It is only a few kilometres from the border with Greece.

History

Huma was razed during World War I. During Bulgaria's occupation of Serbia in the war, the Megleno-Romanians of Huma were deported to occupied Aleksinac.

Demographics

As of 2021, the village of Huma has 4 inhabitants and the ethnic composition was the following:
Huma remained the only Megleno-Romanian village in modern North Macedonia following the Slavicisation of Konsko and Sermenin, previously also Megleno-Romanian villages in which, by the end of the 19th century, Megleno-Romanian was no longer spoken. The demonym for Huma in Megleno-Romanian in both singular and plural is umineț.

Notable people