Kuratica
Village in Southwestern, North Macedonia
Kuratica (Macedonian: Куратица) or slang Kurajca (Macedonian: Курајца) is a village in the municipality of Ohrid, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Kosel.
01Name
The placename Kuratica is possibly an Aromanian toponym derived from the word curát meaning clear, fast, clean alongside the suffix ica. The village is located near a fast running mountain stream.
02Demographics
According to the statistics of Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900, 395 inhabitants lived in Kuratica, all Bulgarian Christians.
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 326 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
- Macedonians 326
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