Rogačevo is a small village located in the north-western part of
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 ...
, 26 km away from the city of
Tetovo
Tetovo (, ; , sq-definite, Tetova) is a city in the northwestern part of North Macedonia, built on the foothills of Šar Mountain and divided by the Pena (river), Pena River. The municipality of Tetovo covers an area of at above sea level, wit ...
and 1 km away from the village of
Jažince, the border crossing point with
Kosovo
Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with International recognition of Kosovo, partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the ...
. It used to be part of the former municipality of
Vratnica
Vratnica () is a small village and community located in the Jegunovce Municipality of North Macedonia. Vratnica lies in the north-west, and is 22 km away from the city of Tetovo and 5 km away from Jažince - the border crossing point wi ...
.
Žerovjane is Rogačevo in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of
Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 59 Christian households and 4 bachelors.
Rogacevo is situated in the upper part of the
Polog plain, at the foothills of the northern part of the
Šar Mountains, under the
Luboten
Ljuboten ( Serbian and ) or Luboten ( sq-definite, Luboteni) is a peak of the Šar Mountains located on the border between Kosovo and North Macedonia. Its elevation is .
Ljuboten, although not the highest peak of the range, is somewhat isola ...
peak. Around a hundred houses are present with about 500 people living here. Since the time the village was founded, it has been Christian Orthodox.
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 347 inhabitants.
[Macedonian Census (2002)]
''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion''
The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 245.
In statistics gathered by
Vasil Kanchov
Vasil Kanchov (26 July 1862 – 6 February 1902) was a geographer, ethnographer and teacher who served as Minister of Education of Bulgaria.
Early life and education
Vasil Kanchov was born in Vratsa. Upon graduating from High school i ...
in 1900, the village of Rogačevo was inhabited by 210 Orthodox Bulgarians.
[Vasil Kanchov (1900). ]
Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics
'. Sofia. p. 264.
References
External links
Rogacevo ... my home- website about Rogacevo
Villages in Jegunovce Municipality
Šar Mountains
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