Palatica

Palatica (, ) is a village in the municipality of Želino, North Macedonia.

History

Palatica is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 22 Christian households, 2 bachelors and 3 widows.

According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Palatica (Polatica) exhibits Orthodox Slavic anthroponomy.

Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Palatica had 1,432 residents with the following ethnic composition:

• Albanians 1,351
• Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 81

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 2,516 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:

• Albanians 2,501
• Macedonians 6
• Turks 1
• Others 8

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