Strnovac () is a village in northeastern

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 ...

, in the

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. According to the 2002 census, it had 93 inhabitants.

Geography

The village is located in northern North Macedonia. To the nearest city, it is 15 kilometres northeast of

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. Nikuljane is situated in the historical region of Sredorek, in the Rujen mountain region, on ca. 380 m above sea. The

Pčinja river Pčinja () may refer to: *Pčinja District, Serbia *Pčinja (river), a tributary of the Vardar in Serbia and North Macedonia *Pčinja, a village in Kumanovo Municipality Kumanovo ( ; ) is a municipality located in the northern part of North Mace ...

flows east of the village. The cadastral area of Strnovac borders the town of Staro Nagoričane to the west, Dragomance to the north,

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to the northeast, Makreš to the southeast, and Mlado Nagoričane to the southwest.

History

In the 19th century, it was part of the Ottoman ''

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'' of

. The village supported the Kumanovo Uprising (January 20–May 20, 1878), local Veljan Cvetković was one of the founding leaders. In 1905, the village was Serb, adhering to the

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, with 160 inhabitants.

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, it had 93 inhabitants, the majority of whom declared as Macedonians (94%), the rest as

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(6%). The families are Eastern Orthodox Christian. In the 1994 census, it had N/A inhabitants.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Strnovac Villages in Staro Nagoričane Municipality