Raštani, Bitola
Raštani (Macedonian Cyrillic: Раштани) is a village 2.49 kilometres (1.55 mi) away from Bitola, which is the second-largest city in North Macedonia.
Demographics
Raštani is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467/68 as a village in the vilayet of Manastir. The inhabitants attested primarily bore a mixture of Christian Albanian and Slavic anthroponyms, such as Rajko, son of Gjon.
As of the 2021 census, Raštani had 550 residents with the following ethnic composition:
- Macedonians 530
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 12
- Albanians 4
- Others 4
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 396 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
- Macedonians 391
- Aromanians 3
- Others 2
References
- ^ Murati, Qemal (2022). "EMRA VETJAKË TË PROVENIENCËS SHQIPTARE NË VILAJETIN E MANASTIRIT NË DRITËN E DEFTERËVE OSMANË TË SHEK. XV". Studime Albanologjike. ITSH: 22.
HRASHTANI Gon, i biri i Kosta-s; Andreja, i biri i Gon-it; Rajko, i biri i Gon-it; Diçko, i biri i Gon-it; Gin, i biri i Petre-s; Dedia, i varfër; Dedie, i biri i Dimo-s; Kojo, i biri i Petko-s; Kojo, i biri i priftit; Dimitri, i biri i Bratko-s.
- ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
- ^ Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 71.
- ^ "Rastani Bitola, Macedonia - Rastani Bitola | Rastani map".