Raotince (Macedonian: Раотинце) is a village located about 10 miles (14 km) northeast from the city of Tetovo in Jegunovce Municipality, North Macedonia.
History
West of present-day Raotince is the Late Antiquity archaeological site Arbino, a former village from which many archaeological remains have been excavated.[1] Its etymological formation stems from the old South Slavic ethnonym for Albanians, Arban.[2]
Demographics
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 565 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]
- Macedonians: 559
- Albanians: 4
- Serbs: 1
- others: 1
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Raotince was inhabited by 360 Orthodox Bulgarians.[4]
References
- ^ Српски етнографски зборник (in Serbian) (90-91 ed.). Српска академија наука и уметности. 1976.
- ^ Murati, Qemal (2011). "SHQIPTARËT E MAQEDONISË NË "ENCIKLOPEDINË MAQEDONASE" - TRILLIMET DHE REALITETI". Studime Albanologjike. ITSH: 249.
- ^ a b Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 245.
- ^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 264.