Bučinci

Bučinci (Macedonian: Бучинци) is a village in Ilinden Municipality, North Macedonia.

Bučinci

Бучинци
Village
Bučinci
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates:
Country North Macedonia
Region Skopje
Municipality Ilinden
Population
 (2002)
 • Total226
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesSK
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Geography and location

Bučinci is located in the far eastern part of the Skopje Valley and belongs to the Municipality of Ilinden, and the area reaches the territory of the Municipality of Kumanovo. It is 29 km away from the city of Skopje. The village is flat and lies at 370 meters above sea level. Next to the village there is a dam with an artificial lake. The village of Bučinci is located at the foot of the hilly area (Ajvatovski Hill) which is a branch of Skopska Crna Gora in the west and the vast plain area in the north, east and south. The area of the village covers 6.8 km² and it is dominated by arable land of 453 hectares, and the pastures cover 198.6 hectares.[1]

Demographics

According to the statistics of the Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900, 160 inhabitants lived in the village of Bučinci, all Bulgarians.[2]

According to the Secretary of the Bulgarian Exarchate Dimitar Mišev ("La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne"), in 1905 there were 120 Bulgarians in Bučinci, labelled by him as exarchists.[3]

On his 1927 map of Macedonia, German explorer Leonhard Schultze-Jena shows Bučinci as a village with an unclear ethnic composition.[4]

In 1961, 302 inhabitants lived in the village of Bučinci, but in 1994 the number got reduced and 226 inhabitants lived in the village, exclusively Macedonians.[5]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 226 inhabitants.[6] Ethnic groups in the village include:[6]

References
  1. Панов, Митко (1998). Енциклопедија на селата во Република Македонија. p. 45–46
  2. Vasil Kanchov. "Macedonia. "Ethnography and statistics." Sofia, 1900, p. 206
  3. Brancoff, D.M. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne. Avec deux cartes ethnographiques", Paris, 1905 р. 114-115
  4. Leonhard Schultze Jena. "Makedonien, Landschafts- und Kulturbilder", Jena, G. Fischer, 1927
  5. Панов, Митко (1998). Енциклопедија на селата во Република Македонија. p. 45–46
  6. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 107.


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