Malotino () is a small

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in the

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Staro Nagoričane Staro Nagoričane () is a village in North Macedonia and the seat of the Staro Nagoričane municipality. The village is primarily known for its 11th century Church of St. George, first constructed in 1071 during Byzantine Macedonia, and reconstr ...

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, at the border with

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Name

The name stems from the Albanian word for mountains ''malet'' (as a plural tantum) and the Slavic suffix ''/ino''.

Geography

The settlement is located in the area of Kozjacija, in the extreme northeastern part of the territory of the Municipality of Staro Nagoricane, whose area touches the state border with

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. The village is scattered and has a mountainous character, whose neighborhoods rise to an altitude of 600 to 840 meters. The village is 36 km away from the city of

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. The area covers space of 10.4 km². It is dominated by 528 hectares of

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, 260 hectares of

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and 192 hectares of

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Demographics

According to the statistics of the Bulgarian ethnographer

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from 1900, 440 inhabitants lived in the village of Malotino, all Bulgarian

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. According to the Secretary of the

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Dimitar Mišev ("La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne"), in 1905 Malotino had 544

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. In 1961 Malotino had 317 inhabitants, of which 313 were Macedonians, 3

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and 1

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, and in 1994 the village moved to a small settlement with 64 inhabitants, of which 58 were Macedonians and 6

.Панов, Митко (1998). ''Енциклопедија на селата во Република Македонија''. p. 190 According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 37 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. 178. * Macedonians 33 *

References

External links

Malotino website
Villages in Staro Nagoričane Municipality {{StaroNagoričane-geo-stub