Raven (, ) is a village in the municipality of Gostivar, North Macedonia.
History Raven is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kalkandelen. The village had a total of 32 Christian households, 2 widows and 2 bachelors.Турски документи за историјата на македонскиот народ кн.4, Методија Соколоски, д-р Александар Стојановски, Скопје 1971
Demographics As of the 2021 census, Raven had 1,116 residents with the following ethnic composition:Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021 Albanians 1,077 Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 33 Macedonians 2 Others 4
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1615 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. 86.
Albanians 1611 Macedonians 2 Serbs 1 Others 1
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Raven was inhabited by 726 Muslim Albanians.
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