Kuratica (Macedonian: Куратица) or slang Kurajca (Macedonian: Курајца) is a village in the municipality of Ohrid, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Kosel.
Name
The placename Kuratica is possibly an Aromanian toponym derived from the word curát meaning clear, fast, clean alongside the suffix ica.[1] The village is located near a fast running mountain stream.[1]
Demographics
According to the statistics of Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900, 395 inhabitants lived in Kuratica, all Bulgarian Christians.[2]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 326 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]
- Macedonians 326
See also
References
- ^ a b Włodzimierz, Pianka (1970). Toponomastikata na Ohridsko-Prespanskiot bazen. Institut za makedonski jazik “Krste Misirkov”. p. 96. “По секоја веројатност, името е романско. образувано со суф. -ица од придавката curát “бистар, брз, чист”). Селото се наоѓа близу до еден брз планински поток.”
- ^ Vasil Kanchov. “Macedonia. “Ethnography and statistics.” Sofia, 1900, p. 252
- ^ 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. 118.
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