Tuin, Kičevo

Tuin Туин Tuhin
Village
Entrance of the village
Tuin Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°37′N 21°03′E
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Southwestern
Municipality	Kičevo
Population  (2021)
• Total	784
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	KI
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Tuin (Macedonian: Туин, Albanian: Tuhin) is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Oslomej.

History

After the capture of the village by Partisan forces in 1944, 49 Albanians were massacred by incoming communist forces and the OZNA.^[1]

Demographics

The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village was divided in two timars, one having 40 and the other 42 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred).^[2]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Tuin was inhabited by a total of 1094 Muslim Albanians and 233 Bulgarians.^[3]

As of the 2021 census, Tuin had 784 residents with the following ethnic composition:^[4]

• Albanians 766
• Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 15
• Macedonians 3

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,476 inhabitants.^[5] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[5]

• Albanians 1,465
• Macedonians 8
• Others 3

References

1. Hyseni, Safet (2007). Varrezat masive në Kërçovë dhe rrethinë. Kičevo: DEA. pp. 130–132. ISBN 9789989143373.
2. Qerim Dalipi. "NAHIJA E KËRÇOVËS SIPAS REGJISTRIMIT TË VITEVE 1467-1468 (Aspekte shoqërore)". Gjurmime Albanologjike - Seria e shkencave historike 47:29-48.
3. "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".
4. Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
5. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 150.

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