Ribnica, Mavrovo i Rostuše
Village in Polog, North Macedonia
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Ribnica (Macedonian: Рибница, Albanian: Rimnicë) is an uninhabited village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia.
Ribnica
Рибница Rimnicë | |
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Village | |
Ribnica | |
  Ribnica Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°43′N 20°36′E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Polog |
| Municipality |  Mavrovo and Rostuša |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | GV |
| Website | . |
Demographics
Ribnica (Ribnica) is recorded in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the ziamet of Reka which was under the authority of Karagöz Bey. The village had a total of 14 households and was divided in two parts, the smaller one named Ribniçica, with 4 of the households. The anthroponymy attested depicts an Albanian-Slavic character with a slight predominance of Albanian anthroponyms, with cases of Slavicisation, i.e Miho Tanushoviq.[1] In 1536/39, the village has 34 Christian families and 3 bachelors, while in the 1583 census, Ribnica is not recorded, likely having merged with Ribniçica (Kuçuk Ribnica), which is a historic village and was located northeast of Dibra in the Reka District. In 1467, it is recorded under the name Ribiçicë and counted 4 families, with the heads of families: In the 1536/39 census, it is recorded under the name Kuçuk Ribnica and had 42 families, 4 bachelors and 1 Muslim family. Meanwhile, in the 1583 census, the village is not recorded or at least it may have been recorded under another name.[2]
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Ribnica was inhabited by 120 Christian Albanians and 200 Muslim Albanians.[3]
As of the 2021 census, Ribnica had zero residents.[4]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 5 inhabitants.[5] Ethnic groups in the village include:[5]