Tuin, Kičevo
Village in Southwestern, North Macedonia
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Tuin (Macedonian: Туин, Albanian: Tuhin) is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Oslomej.
Tuin
Туин Tuhin | |
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Village | |
Entrance of the village | |
  Tuin Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°37′N 21°03′E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Southwestern |
| Municipality |  Kičevo |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 784 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | KI |
| Website | . |
History
Demographics
The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village was divided in two timars, one having 40 and the other 42 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred).[2]
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Tuin was inhabited by a total of 1094 Muslim Albanians and 233 Bulgarians.[3]
As of the 2021 census, Tuin had 784 residents with the following ethnic composition:[4]
- Albanians 766
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,476 inhabitants.[5] Ethnic groups in the village include:[5]
- Albanians 1,465