Trnica
Village in Polog, North Macedonia
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Trnica (Macedonian: Трница, Albanian: Tërnicë) is a historic village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia.
Trnica
Трница Tërnicë | |
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Village | |
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  Trnica Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41.711667°N 20.688056°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Polog |
| Municipality |  Mavrovo and Rostuša |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | . |
History
Due to uprisings in the Upper Reka region, Trnica was burned down by Serbian and Bulgarian forces between 1912 and 1916.[1]
Demographics
Trnica (Terniçe) is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the ziamet of Reka. The village had one household and the anthroponym recorded depict an Albanian character: Gjergj Andrija.[2]
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Trnica was inhabited by 28 Muslim Albanians.[3]
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Trnica was inhabited by 240 Muslim Albanians.[4]