Miletino Explained

Miletino
Native Name:	Милетино Miletinë
Settlement Type:	Village
Pushpin Map:	North Macedonia
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location within North Macedonia
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Polog
Subdivision Type2:	Municipality
Subdivision Name2:	Brvenica
Population As Of:	2021
Population Total:	1,674
Timezone:	CET
Utc Offset:	+1
Timezone Dst:	CEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+2
Coordinates:	41.9°N 22°W
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Website:	.
Blank Name:	Car plates
Blank Info:	TE

Miletino (Macedonian: Милетино, Albanian: Miletinë) is a village in the municipality of Brvenica, North Macedonia.

History

According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Miletino 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: Nikolla Arbanas; Mihail, his son; Mihail, son of Mar-k-a- Gjon; Niko (Pet-ko), son of Bardo; Gjorgji, his brother; Dimitri, son of Visan; Pelegrin, son of Visan; Bard-o, immigrant; Andre-ja Arbanas (t.Arnaut); Gurgur Arbanas (t.Arnaut); Bogdan, son of Doran; Gjon, son of Bardo; Dimitri, son of Todor; Dimitri, son of Nik-o-; Gjon, his son; Ilçe, son of Marin; Gjonova, widow; Mara, widow; Janko, son of Gjon; Lazor, son of Rale; Lamb-o, the son of Rale; Lamb-o, the son of Boja; Gjon, his brother; Lazor, son of Hutan; Dimitri, son of Tan-ço; Dimitri the son of Man-ko; Meno, son of Tanush; Lazor, son of Tan-çe; Lamb-o, the son of Nik-çe; Jovan, son of Gjin-o; Nik-o, son of Tanush.^[1]

Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Miletino had 1,674 residents with the following ethnic composition:^[2]

• Albanians 1,105
• Macedonians 501
• Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 64
• Others 4

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,986 inhabitants.

Ethnic groups in the village include:^[3]

• Albanians – 1,336
• Macedonians – 642
• Serbs – 2
• Others – 6

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Miletino was inhabited by 637 Serbs, 603 Muslim Albanians and 16 Bulgarians.^[4]

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Miletino was inhabited by 200 Orthodox Bulgarians and 135 Muslim Albanians.^[5]

Sports

Local football club KF Rrufeja plays in the OFS Tetovo league.

Notes and References

1. Rexha. Iljaz. 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. 2011. 112.
2. https://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/en/MakStat/MakStat__Popisi__Popis2021__NaselenieVkupno__PodatociNaselenie/T1503P21.px/table/tableViewLayout2/?rxid=cc8e0490-07b6-4002-adf4-9b4891b66655 Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
3. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 75.
4. http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm
5. Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 264.