Tearce

Tearce
Теарце
Tearcë
Village
Location in Northwestern Macedonia.
Tearce
Location within Republic of Macedonia
Coordinates: 42°7′1.2″N 21°4′58.8″E / 42.117000°N 21.083000°E / 42.117000; 21.083000Coordinates: 42°7′1.2″N 21°4′58.8″E / 42.117000°N 21.083000°E / 42.117000; 21.083000
Country Republic of Macedonia
Municipality Tearce municipality
Statistical region Polog Statistical Region
Population (2002)
 • Total 3,974
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates TE
Website http://www.tetovo.gov.mk .

Tearce (Macedonian: Теарце [ˈtɛ.artsɛ] ( listen), 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, Turkish, and Roma. 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, killing 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]

References

  1. 1 2 Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 185.
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