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Karabičane

Coordinates: 42°13′44″N 21°44′29″E / 42.22889°N 21.74139°E / 42.22889; 21.74139
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Karabičane
Village
Karabičane is located in North Macedonia
Karabičane
Karabičane
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 42°13′44″N 21°44′29″E / 42.22889°N 21.74139°E / 42.22889; 21.74139
Country North Macedonia
Region Northeastern
Municipality Kumanovo
Elevation
549 m (1,801 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total43
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
1308
Car platesKU

Karabičane (Macedonian: Карабичане) is a village in northeastern North Macedonia, in the municipality of Kumanovo. According to the 2002 census, it had 43 inhabitants.

Geography

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The village is located in northernmost North Macedonia, close to the Serbian border (3 kilometres). To the nearest city, it is 12 kilometres north of Kumanovo. Karabičane is situated in the historical region of Žegligovo, in the highland, on ca. 550 m above sea. East of the village is the Rujen mountain.

The cadastral area of Karabičane borders Sopot to the north, Suševo to the northeast, Četirce to the southeast, and Tabanovce to the southwest.

History

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In the 19th century, it was part of the Ottoman kaza of Kumanovo. The village supported the Kumanovo Uprising (January 20–May 20, 1878). According to the statistics of Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900 the village is recorded as Karabičani and as having 154 inhabitants, all Christian Bulgarians.[1]

In 1905, the village was inhabited by 144 Serbs adherent to the Patriarchate of Constantinople.[2]

Demographics

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According to the 2002 census, it had 43 inhabitants, the majority of whom declared as Serbs (86%), the rest as Macedonians (12%) and 1 Other.[3] According to the 1994 census there were 51 Serbs and 2 Macedonians. The families are Eastern Orthodox Christian.

References

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  1. ^ Vasil Kanchov. "Macedonia. "Ethnography and statistics." Sofia, 1900, p. 217
  2. ^ D. M. Brancoff (1905). La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne. Paris. pp. 126–127.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ "Macedonian census" (PDF). 2002: 179. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)