Alinci, Prilep

Alinci Алинци
Village
View of Alinci from Omec Hill
Alinci Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°15′34″N 21°28′56″E
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Pelagonia
Municipality	Prilep
Elevation	699 m (2,293 ft)
Population  (2021)
• Total	171[1]
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Area code	+389-48

farm area around Alinci

Alinci (Macedonian: Алинци) is a village in the Municipality of Prilep, North Macedonia.

Geography

Alinci is located roughly 13 kilometres south-west from Prilep.[2]

History

In the 19th century, Alinci was a Macedonian village in the Prilep region of the Ottoman Empire. According to the statistics of Vasil Kanchov's book Macedonia: Ethnography And Statistics published in 1900, Alinci had a population of 102 people, all Macedonian Christians.[3]

At the outbreak of the Balkan Wars, a person from Alinci served in the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps.[4]

On 6 November 1914, following the Battle of Prilep, the Turkish V Corps of the Vardar Army retreated through Alinci to Bitola.[5]

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, there were 238 people living in the village, all Macedonians.[6]

The Church of the Resurrection of Christ is located in Alinci.[7]

References

1. "Државен завод за статистика 2021 MK".
2. "Prilep to Alinci".
3. Васил Кънчов. „Македония. Етнография и статистика". София, 1900, стр.244.
4. „Македоно-одринското опълчение 1912-1913 г. Личен състав", Главно управление на архивите, 2006, стр.388 и 826.
5. Войната между България и Турция през 1912-1913 год., Том VI, Министерство на войната, София 1935, стр. 201-203
6. "Министерство за Локална Самоуправа. База на општински урбанистички планови". Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
7. "Google Maps".