Rajca (Macedonian: Рајца) is a village in the Resen Municipality of North Macedonia, northeast of Lake Prespa. The village is located nearly 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) south of the municipal centre of Resen.[1]
Rajca
Рајца | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Rajca | |
  Rajca Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°00′08″N 21°03′42″E / 41.00222°N 21.06167°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Pelagonia |
| Municipality |  Resen |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 66 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +389 |
| Car plates | RE |
Demographics
editRajca has 66 inhabitants as of the most recent census of 2002.[2] The village's population has steadily declined since the 1970s.[3]
| Ethnic group |
census 1961 | census 1971 | census 1981 | census 1991 | census 1994 | census 2002 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Macedonians | 155 | 100 | 159 | 100 | 142 | 98.6 | 80 | 100 | 72 | 100 | 66 | 100 |
| others | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 155 | 159 | 144 | 80 | 72 | 66 | ||||||
Gallery
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Sign on main road hailing entrance into Rajca -
Road into Rajca -
Rajca village -
Architecture of Rajca -
Architecture of Rajca -
Apple orchard in Rajca with Baba mountains in background -
Green vegetation in Rajca with Baba mountains in background -
Fields of Rajca with Lake Prespa and Galičica mountains in background -
Fields and apple orchards of Rajca -
Apple orchards of Rajca -
St. Nicholas church and orthodox cemetery of Rajca
References
edit- ^ "Rajca Resen". Retrieved 28 February 2014.
- ^ Municipality of Resen
- ^ Censuses of population 1948 - 2002 Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine