• Source: Raotince
  • 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. Its etymological formation stems from the old South Slavic ethnonym for Albanians, Arban.


    Demographics


    According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 565 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:

    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.


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