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Tuin, Kičevo

Coordinates: 41°37′N 21°03′E / 41.617°N 21.050°E / 41.617; 21.050
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Tuin
Туин
Tuhin
Village
Entrance of the village
Entrance of the village
Tuin is located in North Macedonia
Tuin
Tuin
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°37′N 21°03′E / 41.617°N 21.050°E / 41.617; 21.050
Country North Macedonia
Region Southwestern
Municipality Kičevo
Population
 (2021)
 • Total784
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesKI
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Tuin (Macedonian: Туин, Albanian: Tuhin) is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Oslomej.

History

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After the capture of the village by Partisan forces in 1944, 49 Albanians were massacred by incoming communist forces and the OZNA.[1]

Demographics

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The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village was divided in two timars, one having 40 and the other 42 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred).[2]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Tuin was inhabited by a total of 1094 Muslim Albanians and 233 Bulgarians.[3]

As of the 2021 census, Tuin had 784 residents with the following ethnic composition:[4]

  • Albanians 766
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 15
  • Macedonians 3

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,476 inhabitants.[5] Ethnic groups in the village include:[5]

References

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  1. ^ Hyseni, Safet (2007). Varrezat masive në Kërçovë dhe rrethinë. Kičevo: DEA. pp. 130–132. ISBN 9789989143373.
  2. ^ Qerim Dalipi. "NAHIJA E KËRÇOVËS SIPAS REGJISTRIMIT TË VITEVE 1467-1468 (Aspekte shoqërore)". Gjurmime Albanologjike - Seria e shkencave historike 47:29-48.
  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. 150.
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