Arbasanci ( mk, Арбасанци) is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
in the
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of
Sveti Nikole
Sveti Nikole ( mk, Свети Николе ; meaning ''Saint Nicholas''; rup, San Nicole) is a town in North Macedonia. It is the seat of Sveti Nikole Municipality and a center of a plain called Ovče Pole (''Plain of sheep''), famous for sheep ...
,
North Macedonia
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.
It is home of a barely excavated
archaeological site
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.
Name
The name is derived from the medieval ethnonym of
Albanians
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, ''Arban''.
Demographics
According to the 2002 census, the village had 1 inhabitant.
[ Ethnic groups in the village include:][Macedonian Census (2002)]
''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion''
The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 314.
* Macedonians 1
References
Villages in Sveti Nikole Municipality
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