Gošince (, ) is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

of Lipkovo,

North Macedonia North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the n ...

History

Descendants of the Krasniqi ''fis'' were recorded in the villages of Gošince,

Slupčane Slupčane (, ) is the largest village in the municipality of Lipkovo, North Macedonia. History Descendants of the Krasniqi ''fis'' were recorded in the villages of Gošince, Slupčane, Alaševce and Runica in 1965. From May-June 2001 the Batt ...

Alaševce Alaševce (, ) is a village in the municipality of Lipkovo, North Macedonia. History Descendants of the Krasniqi ''fis'' were recorded in the villages of Gošince, Slupčane, Alaševce and Runica in 1965. Demographics As of the 2021 census, Ala ...

and

Runica Runica (; ) is a village in the Lipkovo municipality, in North Macedonia. In the Middle Ages, there was a village called Rućinci (), which was one of the villages granted (''metochion'') by sevastokrator Dejan (fl. 1346-1366) to the Arhiljevica. ...

in 1965.

Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Gošince had 167 residents with the following ethnic composition:Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
/ref> *Albanians 92 *Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 75 According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 424 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002)
''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion''
The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 131. *

Albanians The Albanians are an ethnic group native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, Albanian culture, culture, Albanian history, history and Albanian language, language. They are the main ethnic group of Albania and Kosovo, ...

420 *

Bosniaks The Bosniaks (, Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia (region), Bosnia, today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and who sha ...

1 *Others 3

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Villages in Lipkovo Municipality Albanian communities in North Macedonia {{Lipkovo-geo-stub