Raotince

Raotince Раотинце
Village
View of the village
Raotince Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 42°04′N 21°09′E
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Polog
Municipality	Jegunovce
Population  (2002)
• Total	565
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	TE
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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

1. Српски етнографски зборник (in Serbian) (90-91 ed.). Српска академија наука и уметности. 1976.
2. Murati, Qemal (2011). "SHQIPTARËT E MAQEDONISË NË "ENCIKLOPEDINË MAQEDONASE" - TRILLIMET DHE REALITETI". Studime Albanologjike. ITSH: 249.
3. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 245.
4. Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 264.