Karabičane

Karabičane is a village in northeastern North Macedonia, in the municipality of Kumanovo. According to the 2002 census, it had 43 inhabitants.

Geography

The village is located in northernmost North Macedonia, close to the Serbian border. To the nearest city, it is 12 kilometres north of Kumanovo. Karabičane is situated in the historical region of Žegligovo, in the highland, on ca. 550 m above sea. East of the village is the Rujen mountain.
The cadastral area of Karabičane borders Sopot to the north, Suševo to the northeast, Četirce to the southeast, and Tabanovce to the southwest.

History

In the 19th century, it was part of the Ottoman kaza of Kumanovo. The village supported the Kumanovo Uprising. According to the statistics of Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900 the village is recorded as Karabičani and as having 154 inhabitants, all Christian Bulgarians.
In 1905, the village was inhabited by 144 Serbs adherent to the Patriarchate of Constantinople.

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, it had 43 inhabitants, the majority of whom declared as Serbs, the rest as Macedonians and 1 Other. According to the 1994 census there were 51 Serbs and 2 Macedonians. The families are Eastern Orthodox Christian.