Malo Turčane 
    Мало Турчане Turçan i Vogël  | |
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Village  | |
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![]() Malo Turčane Location within North Macedonia  | |
| Coordinates: 41°47′N 20°56′E / 41.783°N 20.933°E | |
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| Population  (2021)  | |
| • Total | 96 | 
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | 
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | 
| Car plates | GV | 
| Website | . | 
Malo Turčane (Macedonian: Мало Турчане, Albanian: Turçan i Vogël) is a village in the municipality of Gostivar, North Macedonia.
History
According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Malo Turčane appears as being largely inhabited by an Orthodox Christian Albanian population. Due to Slavicisation, some families had a mixed Slav-Albanian anthroponomy - usually a Slavic first name and an Albanian last name or last names with Albanian patronyms and Slavic suffixes.
The names are:Lazar Arbanas; Nikolla, son of Gjin; Rajk-o, his brother; Pop Nikolla; Rela, son of Gjin; Vlad-ko, son of Gjin; Nikolla, son of Gjin; Rajk-a, son of Nikolla; Dimitri, son of Nikolla; Ugrin Protogjer.[1]
Demographics
As of the 2021 census, Vrutok had 96 residents with the following ethnic composition:[2]
- Albanians 85
 - Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 11
 
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,013 inhabitants.[3] Ethnic groups in the village include:[3]
- Albanians 1,005
 - Macedonians 1
 - Others 7
 
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Malo Turčane was inhabited by 245 Muslim Albanians.[4]
References
- ↑ Rexha, Iljaz (2011). "Vendbanimet dhe popullsia albane gjatë mesjetës në hapësirën e Maqedonisë së sotme: Sipas burimeve sllave dhe osmane". Gjurmime Albanologjike: Seria e Shkencave Historike (41–42): 115.
 - ↑ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
 - 1 2 Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 87.
 - ↑ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/alb-historic/1942-diber-tetove-ethnicrel-loc.htm
 
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