Archaeological site

Bara Tumba

North Macedonia Porodin
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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. Veluška Tumba is also a Neolithic site.

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. According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 202 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:

- Others 2 As of the 2021 census, Porodin had 139 residents with the following ethnic composition:

- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 11