Otunje

Otunje Otunje
Village
Air view of the village
Otunje Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 42°02′N20°57′E / 42.033°N 20.950°E / 42.033; 20.950
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Vardar
Municipality	Tetovo
Population  (2021)
• Total	3
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	VE
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Otunje (Macedonian : Otunje) is a village in the municipality of Tetovo, North Macedonia.

Demographics

Otunje is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 20 Christian households, 1 bachelor and 2 widows. ^[1]

According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 3 inhabitants. ^[2] Ethnic groups in the village include: ^[2]

• Macedonians 2
• Serbs 1

Year	Macedonian	Albanian	Turks	Romani	Aromanians	Serbs	Bosniaks	Others	Total
2021	2	...	...	...	...	1	...	...	3

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Otunje was inhabited by 228 Bulgarians. ^[3]

In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Otunje was inhabited by 220 Christian Bulgarians. ^[4]

References

1. Турски документи за историјата на македонскиот народ кн.4, Методија Соколоски, д-р Александар Стојановски, Скопје 1971
2. Macedonian Census (2021), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion , The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021
3. "Ethnic/religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures". pop-stat.mashke.org. Retrieved 2025-05-04.
4. Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics . Sofia. p. 210.