Nikuljane ( mk, Никуљане) 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 Staro Nagoričane A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

. According to the 2002 census, it had 210 inhabitants.

Geography

The village is located in northernmost North Macedonia, close to the Serbian border (5 kilometres). To the nearest city, it is 12 kilometres northeast 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 ...

. Nikuljane is situated in the historical region of Sredorek, in the Rujen mountain region, on ca. 520 m above sea. The

Pčinja river Pčinja () may refer to: *Pčinja District, a district of Serbia *Pčinja (river) The Pčinja (Serbian and Macedonian Пчиња ) is a 135 km long river in Serbia and North Macedonia, a left tributary of the Vardar river. Serbia The Pčin ...

flows east of the village. It borders

Četirce Četirce ( mk, Четирце) is a village in northeastern North Macedonia, in the municipality of Kumanovo. According to the 2002 census, it had 249 inhabitants. Geography The village is located in northernmost North Macedonia, close to the Serb ...

Suševo Suševo ( mk, Сушево) is a village in the municipality of Vasilevo, North Macedonia. Demographics According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 723 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002) ''Boo ...

Algunja Algunja ( mk, Алгуња) is a village in the Municipalities of North Macedonia, municipality of Staro Nagoričane Municipality, Staro Nagoričane, North Macedonia. Demographics As of the 2021 North Macedonia census, 2021 census, Algunja had 300 ...

, Čelopek and Mlado Nagoričane. The Zabel Monastery is located 2 kilometres from the village.

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). In 1905, the village was Serb, adhering to the

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

. It had 560 inhabitants and a Serbian school.

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, it had 210 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 ...

(98%), the rest as Macedonians (2%). The families are Eastern Orthodox Christian. In the 1994 census, it had N/A inhabitants.

Anthropology

The oldest families came from the

Gnjilane Gjilan, or Gnjilane ( sr-cyr, Гњилане) is the eighth largest city in Kosovo and seat of Gjilan Municipality and Gjilan District. Name Ottoman chronicler Evliya Çelebi mentions ''Morava'' as a settlement of the Sanjak of Vučitrn. � ...

region in

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

. The village ''

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'' is St. Elijah's Day and

Feast of the Ascension The Solemnity of the Ascension of Jesus Christ, also called Ascension Day, Ascension Thursday, or sometimes Holy Thursday, commemorates the Christian belief of the bodily Ascension of Jesus into heaven. It is one of the ecumenical (i.e., shared by ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nikuljane Serb communities in North Macedonia Villages in Staro Nagoričane Municipality