Rabetino (Macedonian: Рабетино) is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former Vraneštica Municipality.

Rabetino
Village
Рабетино
Rabetino is located in North Macedonia
Rabetino
Rabetino
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°32′39″N 21°03′59″E / 41.5442°N 21.0664°E / 41.5442; 21.0664
Country North Macedonia
Region Southwestern
Municipality Kičevo
Population
 (2021)
 • Total5
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesKI
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Name edit

The name of the toponym derives via metathesis from Arb to Rab and with the suffix -ino, from a prefix Arbet-ino. Examples of this change, include Slavic Raban for the Arbani (Albanians) and for the Land of the Arbans (Albanians)- Rabania instead of the Albanian form Arbënia.[1]

Demographics edit

The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village had a total of 25 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred).[2]

As of the 2021 census, Rabetino had 5 residents with the following ethnic composition:[3]

  • Macedonians 4
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 1

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 195 inhabitants.[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Rexha, Iljaz (2012). "POPULLSIA ALBANE GJATË MESJETËS NË HAPSIRËN E MAQEDONISË SË SOTME" (43): 8. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ Qerim Dalipi. "NAHIJA E KËRÇOVËS SIPAS REGJISTRIMIT TË VITEVE 1467-1468 (Aspekte shoqërore)". Gjurmime Albanologjike - Seria e shkencave historike 47:29-48.
  3. ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  4. ^ 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. 84.

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