Slupčane ( mk, Слупчане, sq, Sllupçan) is the largest

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

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, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...

History

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

Gošince Gošince ( mk, Гошинце, sq, Goshincë) 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. Demogr ...

, Slupčane,

Alaševce Alaševce ( mk, Алашевце, sq, Allashec) 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 Runica ( mk, � ...

and

Runica Runica ( mk, Руница; ) is a village in the Lipkovo municipality, in North Macedonia. In the Middle Ages, there was a village called Rućinci ( sr, Рућинци), which was one of the villages granted ('' metochion'') by sevastokrator Dejan ...

in 1965.

Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Slupčane had 3,654 residents with the following ethnic composition:Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
/ref> *Albanians 3,574 *Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 79 *Others 1 According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 3789 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. 132. * Albanians: 3765 * Macedonians: 4 *

Vlachs "Vlach" ( or ), also "Wallachian" (and many other variants), is a historical term and exonym used from the Middle Ages until the Modern Era to designate mainly Romanians but also Aromanians, Megleno-Romanians, Istro-Romanians and other Easte ...

: 1 *Others: 19

Sports

The local football club

KF Besa Sllupçan KF Besa Sllupçan ( mk, ФК Беса, ''FK Besa'') is a football club based in the village of Sllupçan near Kumanovo, North Macedonia. They are currently competing in the Macedonian Third League The Macedonian Third League ( mk, Македо ...

plays in the Macedonian Third Football League.

References

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