Tearce
Tearce
Теарце Tearcë | |
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Village | |
 Location in Northwestern Macedonia. | |
  Tearce Location in the Republic of Macedonia. | |
| Coordinates: 42°7′1.2″N 21°4′58.8″E / 42.117000°N 21.083000°E | |
| Country |  Republic of Macedonia |
| Municipality | Tearce municipality |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 3,974 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | http://www.tetovo.gov.mk |
Tearce (Macedonian: Теарце [ˈtɛ.artsɛ] ⓘ, Albanian: Tearcë) is a village located 12 km to the northeast of Tetovo, in northwestern Republic of Macedonia, about 15 kilometres from the border with Kosovo. It is a seat of the Tearce municipality. Population 3,974 (2002). The B-405 road connects it to Tetovo.
Tearce has an Albanian majority. The remaining population is Macedonian and Turkish. The village was affected by the conflict of 2001, which strained relations between the ethnic groups in the village. On 22 January 2001 the police station at Tearce was shelled, killed one policeman and injuring three others.
Demographics
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 3974 inhabitants.[1] Ethnic groups in the village include:[1]
- Albanians 2310
- Macedonians 1085
- Turks 512
- Serbs 4
- Others 9
References
- ^ a b Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 185.
External links
42°07′01″N 21°04′59″E / 42.117°N 21.083°E
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