Malotino

Malotino (Macedonian: Малотино) is a small village in the municipality of Staro Nagoričane, North Macedonia, at the border with Serbia.

The name stems from the Albanian word for mountains malet (as a plural tantum) and the Slavic suffix /ino.

[1] The settlement is located in the area of Kozjacija, in the extreme northeastern part of the territory of the Municipality of Staro Nagoricane, whose area touches the state border with Serbia.

The village is scattered and has a mountainous character, whose neighborhoods rise to an altitude of 600 to 840 meters.

[4] In 1961 Malotino had 317 inhabitants, of which 313 were Macedonians, 3 Serbs and 1 Albanian, and in 1994 the village moved to a small settlement with 64 inhabitants, of which 58 were Macedonians and 6 Serbs.