Arbasanci
Arbasanci (Macedonian: Арбасанци) is a village in the municipality of Sveti Nikole, North Macedonia.
It is home of a barely excavated archaeological site.
Name
The name is derived from the medieval ethnonym of Albanians, Arban.
Demographics
On the 1927 ethnic map of Leonhard Schulze-Jena, the village is written as "Arabasanci" and shown as without an ethnic marker. According to the 2002 census, the village had 1 inhabitant. Ethnic groups in the village include:
References
- ^ Murati, Qemal (2011). "Gjuha e humbur: Vëzhgime historike, linguistike, onomastike dhe folklorike rreth shqiptarëve ortodoksë në etnoregjionin e Rekës së Epërme të Mavrovës [Lost Language: Historical, Linguistic, Onomastic and Folkloric observations about the Orthodox Albanians in ethno-region of Upper Reka in Mavrovo]". Studime Albanologjike. 3: 89.
- ^ Schultze Jena, Leonhard. Makedonien: Landschafts- und Kulturbilder. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1927
- ^ Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 314.