Raotince | |
Native Name: | Раотинце |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | North Macedonia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within North Macedonia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Polog |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Jegunovce |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 565 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Website: | . |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Blank Info: | TE |
Raotince is a village located about 10 miles (14 km) northeast from the city of Tetovo in Jegunovce Municipality, North Macedonia.
West of present-day Raotince is the Late Antiquity archaeological site Arbino, a former village from which many archaeological remains have been excavated.[1] Its etymological formation stems from the old South Slavic ethnonym for Albanians, Arban.[2]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 565 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Raotince was inhabited by 360 Orthodox Bulgarians.[4]