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'''Optičari''' ([[Macedonian language|Macedonian Cyrillic]]: Оптичари) is a village {{convert|8.58|km|mi}} away from [[Bitola]], which is the second-largest city in [[North Macedonia]].  It used to be part of the former municipality of [[Bistrica, Bitola|Bistrica]].
==Demographics==
According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, Optičari appears as being largely inhabited by an Orthodox Albanian population. Some families had a mixed Slav-Albanian anthroponomy - usually a Slavic first name and an Albanian last name or last names with Albanian patronyms and Slavic suffixes.
The names of the household heads are: Gjur-ko son of Bard, Siva son of Bard, Sela son of Gjon, Stojk-o Lik-a, Jandra brother of Gjin, Gjin son of Gropo, Gjorgjo-i son of Goja, Gjon-i son of Nikola, Pavli Arbanas (t. Arnaut), Gjergji son of Pavl, Andre-ja son of Koja, Todor son of Koja, Jovan son of Dominik, Simoni son of Vasil, Stojko brother of Gjin, Nikolla son of Dedja, Dedja son of Tush-o, Kosta Ugiçi, Lek-o, Todor- i, Peëtro son of Tush-o, Dimitri son of Tush-o, Andre-ja son of Mano, Siva son of Arbanas (t. Arnaut) Siva son of Marin, Gjurgjo son of Marin.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Rexha|first=Iljaz|title=POPULLSIA ALBANE GJATË MESJETËS NË HAPSIRËN E MAQEDONISË SË SOTME|url=https://www.academia.edu/23971339|issue=43|year=2012|pages=25}}</ref>
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 317 inhabitants.<ref name = Statisticaloffice/> Ethnic groups in the village include:<ref name = Statisticaloffice>Macedonian Census (2002), [http://www.stat.gov.mk/publikacii/knigaX.pdf  ''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion''], The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 70.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://makedonija.name/municipalities/bitola/opticari|title = Opticari Bitola, Macedonia - Opticari Bitola &#124; Opticari map}}</ref>
*[[Macedonians (ethnic group)|Macedonians]] 316
*[[Serbs in North Macedonia|Serbs]] 1
==References==
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{{Bitola municipality}}
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[[Category:Villages in Bitola Municipality]]
{{Bitola-geo-stub}}