Gorobinci

Gorobinci Горобинци
Village
Gorobinci Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41.875152°N 21.876011°E / 41.875152; 21.876011
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Vardar
Municipality	Sveti Nikole
Population  (2002)
• Total	820
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
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Gorobinci (Macedonian: Горобинци) is a village in the municipality of Sveti Nikole, North Macedonia.

Etymology and names

Several etymology has been proposed. J. Zaimov proposed it derived from an old nickname Gorobija, composing of gora (hill) and bije. Olga Ivanova, however, proposed a connection with a substratum word groapă (pit, grave). Ljubica Stankovska, an onomastician, considered the toponym a derivative of ancient Slavic personal name beginning with *gor-(mountain).[1]

Demographics

On the 1927 ethnic map of Leonhard Schulze-Jena, the village is shown as a Turkish village.[2] According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 820 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]

• Macedonians 811
• Serbs 8
• Turks 1

According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 602 inhabitants.

• Macedonians 567
• Serbs 10
• Albanians 1

References

1. Stankovska, Ljubica (1997). Македонска ојконимја. Skopje: Metamorfoza. p. 77.
2. Schultze Jena, Leonhard. Makedonien: Landschafts- und Kulturbilder. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1927
3. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 171.