Optičari
Optičari
Оптичари | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 41°02′N 21°16′E / 41.033°N 21.267°E | |
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Population (2002) | |
• Total | 317 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Optičari (Macedonian Cyrillic: Оптичари) is a village 8.58 kilometres (5.33 mi) away from Bitola, which is the second-largest city in North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Bistrica.
Demographics
[edit]According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Optičari appears as being largely inhabited by an Orthodox 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 of the household heads are: Gjur-ko son of Bard, Siva son of Bard, Sela son of Gjon, Stojk-o Lik-a, Jandra brother of Gjin, Gjin son of Gropo, Gjorgjo-i son of Goja, Gjon-i son of Nikola, Pavli Arbanas (t. Arnaut), Gjergji son of Pavl, Andre-ja son of Koja, Todor son of Koja, Jovan son of Dominik, Simoni son of Vasil, Stojko brother of Gjin, Nikolla son of Dedja, Dedja son of Tush-o, Kosta Ugiçi, Lek-o, Todor- i, Peëtro son of Tush-o, Dimitri son of Tush-o, Andre-ja son of Mano, Siva son of Arbanas (t. Arnaut) Siva son of Marin, Gjurgjo son of Marin.[1]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 317 inhabitants.[2] Ethnic groups in the village include:[2][3]
- Macedonians 316
- Serbs 1
References
[edit]- ^ Rexha, Iljaz (2012). "POPULLSIA ALBANE GJATË MESJETËS NË HAPSIRËN E MAQEDONISË SË SOTME" (43): 25.
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(help) - ^ a b Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 70.
- ^ "Opticari Bitola, Macedonia - Opticari Bitola | Opticari map".