Kravari (

Macedonian Cyrillic The orthography of the Macedonian language includes an alphabet consisting of 31 letters ( mk, Македонска азбука, Makedonska azbuka), which is an adaptation of the Cyrillic script, as well as language-specific conventions of spelli ...

: Кравари, ' cowherds') is a village away from

Bitola Bitola (; mk, Битола ) is a city in the southwestern part of North Macedonia. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba, Nidže, and Kajmakčalan mountain ranges, north of the Medžitlija-Níki ...

, which is the smallest village in

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Demographics

Kravari is attested in the Ottoman

defter A ''defter'' (plural: ''defterler'') was a type of tax register and land cadastre in the Ottoman Empire. Description The information collected could vary, but ''tahrir defterleri'' typically included details of villages, dwellings, household ...

of 1467/68 as a village in the vilayet of Manastir. The inhabitants attested largely bore typical Slavic anthroponyms along with instances of

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ones: ''Gone'', son of ''Pavle'', ''Danço'', son of ''Gin'', etc. According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 880 inhabitants. 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 871 *

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1 * Turks 7 *

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Sports

Local football club

FK Kravari FK Kravari ( mk, ФК Кравари) is a football club based in the village Kravari near Bitola, North Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian Third League The Macedonian Third League ( mk, Македонска Трета � ...

plays in the

Macedonian Third League The Macedonian Third League ( mk, Македонска Трета Лига - Makedonska Treta Liga) is the third highest football competition in North Macedonia. In 2019–20, the competition will be divided into five divisions named Third Leagu ...

(Southwest Division).

References

Villages in Bitola Municipality {{Bitola-geo-stub