Negotino, Vrapčište

Village in Polog, North Macedonia

Negotino

Неготино
Negotinë

Village

Negotino

Location within North Macedonia

Coordinates: 41°52′42″N 20°53′02″E﻿ / ﻿41.87833°N 20.88389°E﻿ / 41.87833; 20.88389
Country|  North Macedonia
Region|  Polog
Municipality|  Vrapčište
Population

(2021)

• Total

| 3,068
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates| GV
Website| .

Negotino (Macedonian: Неготино, Albanian: Negotinë) is a village in the municipality of Vrapčište, North Macedonia. It used to be part of Negotino-Pološko Municipality.

## History

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According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Negotino appears as being largely inhabited by an Orthodox Christian Albanian population. Some families had a mixed Slav-Albanian anthroponomy - usually a Slavic first name and an Albanian last name or last names with Albanian patronyms and Slavic suffixes.

The names are: Petro Arbanas; Gjorgji, his son; Gjon-i siromah (poor); Vasil, his brother; Gjorgji, son of Drall; Gjurk-o, son of Konda, Pejo Arbanas, Dimitri, son of Gjergj; Gjergj, son of Rad-in; Bogdan, son of Dralla; Borça, son of Kruzi (Kryezi); Gjergji, son of Petro; Mill (Miell), son of Petro; Radoslav, son of Domi-q; Miho, son of Radoslav; Dabzhiv, son of Domi-q.[1]

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Negotino was inhabited by 200 Muslim Albanians and 32 Orthodox Bulgarians.[2]

## Demographics

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As of the 2021 census, Negotino had 3,068 residents with the following ethnic composition:[3]

* Albanians 2,962
* Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 102
* Macedonians 3
* Others 1

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 3,673 inhabitants.[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]

* Albanians 3,659
* Turks 1
* Serbs 1
* Bosniaks 1
* Others 11

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Negotino was inhabited by 1220 Muslim Albanians.[5]

## References

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1. ^ Rexha, Iljaz (2011). "Vendbanimet dhe popullsia albane gjatë mesjetës në hapësirën e Maqedonisë së sotme: Sipas burimeve sllave dhe osmane". Gjurmime Albanologjike: Seria e Shkencave Historike (41–42): 113.
2. ^ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia: The Bulgarian Literary Society. p. 264.
3. ^ "Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021".
4. ^ a b "Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion" (PDF). Macedonian Census (2002). Skopje: The State Statistical Office. 2002. p. 143.
5. ^ "1942 census". Archived from the original on 16 October 2021.

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Villages in Vrapčište Municipality

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* Vrapčište

Village(s):|

* Dobri Dol
* Galate
* Gorjane
* Gradec
* Ǵurǵevište
* Kalište
* Lomnica
* Negotino
* Novo Selo
* Požarane
* Senokos
* Toplica
* Vranovci
* Zubovce

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