Porodin (, ) is a village in the municipality of Bitola, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Bistrica.
History Porodin contains two major archaeological sites within its boundaries. Bara Tumba, a Neolithic settlement, was discovered in 1953 and its findings are kept at the Institute and Museum Bitola.Dimče, Kočo (1996). Археолошка карта на Република Македонија. стр. 248, Скопје: МАНУ. ISBN 9789989101069 Veluška Tumba is also a Neolithic site.
Demographics According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, the village had 68 houses, 4 bachelors and 8 widows. Some of the heads of families had traditional Albanian names, such as the following: Gjin Arnaut (t. Arbanas), Goja son of Vilan, Koja (Goja) son of Nikola, Koja son of Dragusha, Lazor Koja, Dimitri son of Koja ( Goja).
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Porodin was inhabited by 300 Christian Bulgarians and 190 Muslim Albanians.Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 236. According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 202 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 70.
Macedonians 194 Albanians 6 Others 2
As of the 2021 census, Porodin had 139 residents with the following ethnic composition:Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021 Macedonians 110 Albanians 17 Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 11 Serbs 1
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