Rakovec, Bogovinje

Rakovec
Village
Раковец
Rakovec
Location within Republic of Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°55′14″N 20°53′57″E / 41.92056°N 20.89917°E / 41.92056; 20.89917
Country North Macedonia
Region Polog
Municipality Bogovinje
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
577
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesTE
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Rakovec (Macedonian: Раковец, Albanian: Rakovec) is a village in the municipality of Bogovinje, North Macedonia.

History

Dobri Dol is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 15 Christian households and 1 bachelor.[1]

According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Rakovec exhibits names almost entirely belonging to the Orthodox Christian Albanian onomastic sphere. Due to Slavicisation, 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.[2]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Rakovec was inhabited by 584 Muslim Albanians.[3]

Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Rakovec had 577 residents with the following ethnic composition:[4]

  • Albanians 548
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 29

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 811 inhabitants.[5] Ethnic groups in the village include:[5]

References

  1. ^ Турски документи за историјата на македонскиот народ кн.4, Методија Соколоски, д-р Александар Стојановски, Скопје 1971
  2. ^ Rexha, Iljaz (2012). "POPULLSIA ALBANE GJATË MESJETËS NË HAPSIRËN E MAQEDONISË SË SOTME" (43): 17. The names are: Koj-o, son of Gjon; Tano, siromah (poor); Nik-o, the son of Petr-o-; Gjon, brother of Gjur-o; Atmaxha, his son; Gjuro, son of Pavl; Bajo-Pejo, son of Gjon; Koja, son of Gjon; Nikolla, son of Petro; Gjuro, son of Pavl; Nikolla, son of Gjurgji. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".
  4. ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  5. ^ 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. 72.