Porodin, North Macedonia

Porodin
Village
Породин
Air view of the village
Porodin Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 40°56′N 21°22′E
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Pelagonia
Municipality	Bitola
Population  (2002)
• Total	202
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	BT
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Porodin (Macedonian: Породин, Albanian: Porodin) is a village in the municipality of Bitola, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Bistrica.

History

Porodin contains two major archaeological sites within its boundaries. Bara Tumba, a Neolithic settlement, was discovered in 1953 and its findings are kept at the Institute and Museum Bitola.[1] Veluška Tumba is also a Neolithic site.

Demographics

According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, the village had 68 houses, 4 bachelors and 8 widows. Some of the heads of families had traditional Albanian names, such as the following: Gjin Arnaut (t. Arbanas), Goja son of Vilan, Koja (Goja) son of Nikola, Koja son of Dragusha, Lazor Koja, Dimitri son of Koja ( Goja).[2]

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Porodin was inhabited by 300 Christian Bulgarians and 190 Muslim Albanians.[3] According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 202 inhabitants.[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]

• Macedonians 194
• Albanians 6
• Others 2

References

1. Dimče, Kočo (1996). Археолошка карта на Република Македонија. стр. 248, Скопје: МАНУ. ISBN 9789989101069
2. Rexha, Iljaz (2012). "POPULLSIA ALBANE GJATË MESJETËS NË HAPSIRËN E MAQEDONISË SË SOTME" (43): 24. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 236.
4. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 70.

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