Kuratica
Kuratica | |
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Village | |
| Куратица | |
 View of the village | |
| Nickname: Курајца | |
  Kuratica Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°14′31″N 20°53′26″E / 41.24194°N 20.89056°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Southwestern |
| Municipality |  Ohrid |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 326 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | OH |
| Website | . |
Kuratica (Macedonian: Куратица) or slang Kurajca (Macedonian: Курајца) is a village in the municipality of Ohrid, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Kosel.
Name
[edit]The placename Kuratica is possibly an Aromanian toponym derived from the word curát meaning clear, fast, clean alongside the suffix ica.[1] The village is located near a fast running mountain stream.[1]
Demographics
[edit]According to the statistics of Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900, 395 inhabitants lived in Kuratica, all Bulgarian Christians.[2]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 326 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]
- Macedonians 326
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Włodzimierz, Pianka (1970). Toponomastikata na Ohridsko-Prespanskiot bazen. Institut za makedonski jazik "Krste Misirkov". p. 96. "По секоја веројатност, името е романско. образувано со суф. -ица од придавката curát "бистар, брз, чист"). Селото се наоѓа близу до еден брз планински поток."
- ^ Vasil Kanchov. "Macedonia. "Ethnography and statistics." Sofia, 1900, p. 252
- ^ 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. 118.
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