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Taor

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Country
  
Macedonia

Car plates
  
SK

Population
  
138 (5 Jun 2013)

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Local time
  
Sunday 8:16 PM

Municipality
  
Zelenikovo Municipality

Taor

Weather
  
8°C, Wind W at 11 km/h, 78% Humidity

Taor (Macedonian: Таор) is a village in the Republic of Macedonia. Administratively, Taor is in Zelenikovo Municipality and it is located some 20 km south-east of Skopje. Taor is on the left bank of the Vardar River. According to the 2002 census, in Taor lived 152 people, all Macedonians.

Contents

Map of Taor, Macedonia (FYROM)

Etymology

The etymology of the village's name Taor derives from the ancient name Tauresium, an ancient town and modern archaeological site near the village which was the birthplace of Justinian I.

References

Taor Wikipedia