Karabičane ( mk, Карабичане) is a village in northeastern

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...

, in the municipality of Kumanovo. According to the 2002 census, it had 43 inhabitants.

Geography

The village is located in northernmost North Macedonia, close to the Serbian border (3 kilometres). To the nearest city, it is 12 kilometres north of

Kumanovo Kumanovo ( mk, Куманово ; also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is a city in North Macedonia and the seat of Kumanovo Municipality, the List of municipalities in the Republic of Macedonia by population, largest municipali ...

. Karabičane is situated in the historical region of Žegligovo, in the highland, on ca. 550 m above sea. East of the village is the Rujen mountain. The cadastral area of Karabičane borders

Sopot Sopot is a seaside resort city in Pomerelia on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000. It is located in Pomeranian Voivodeship, and has the status of the county, being the smallest city ...

to the north, Suševo to the northeast, Četirce to the southeast, and

Tabanovce Tabanovce ( mk, Табановце; ) is a village located in the north of North Macedonia, at the border with Serbia, situated 8 km from the nearest town, Kumanovo. Geography It is located in the north of North Macedonia, at the border with ...

to the southwest.

History

In the 19th century, it was part of the Ottoman ''

kaza A kaza (, , , plural: , , ; ota, قضا, script=Arab, (; meaning 'borough') * bg, околия (; meaning 'district'); also Кааза * el, υποδιοίκησις () or (, which means 'borough' or 'municipality'); also () * lad, kaza , ...

'' of

. The village supported the Kumanovo Uprising (January 20–May 20, 1878). According to the statistics of

Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...

ethnographer

Vasil Kanchov Vasil Kanchov ( bg, Васил Кънчов, Vasil Kanchov) (26 July 1862 – 6 February 1902) was a Bulgarian geographer, ethnographer and politician. Biography Vasil Kanchov was born in Vratsa. Upon graduating from High school in Lom, ...

from 1900 the village is recorded as Karabičani and as having 154 inhabitants, all Christian Bulgarians. In 1905, the village was inhabited by 144 Serbs adherent to the

Patriarchate of Constantinople The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ( el, Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, translit=Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos, ; la, Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constanti ...

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, it had 43 inhabitants, the majority of whom declared as

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their na ...

(86%), the rest as Macedonians (12%) and 1 Other. According to the 1994 census there were 51 Serbs and 2 Macedonians. The families are Eastern Orthodox Christian.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Karabicane Villages in Kumanovo Municipality Serb communities in North Macedonia