Srbica (Macedonian: Србица, Albanian: Sërbicë) is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia. It used to be the largest village of the former municipality of Oslomej.
Srbica
Србица Sërbicë | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Center of the village | |
  Srbica Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°35′17″N 21°01′51″E / 41.58806°N 21.03083°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Southwestern |
| Municipality |  Kičevo |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 796 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Car plates | KI |
| Website | . |
History
editAfter the capture of the village by Partisan forces, 49 Albanians from the village were executed by the incoming communist forces.[1]
Demographics
editThe village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village had a total of 83 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred).[2]
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Srbica was inhabited by a total of 1176 Muslim Albanians.[3]
As of the 2021 census, Srbica had 796 residents with the following ethnic composition:[4]
- Albanians 761
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 35
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,862 inhabitants.[5] Ethnic groups in the village include:[5]
- Albanians – 1,859
- Others – 3
Notable people
edit- Hasan Kaleshi, Albanologist and professor at the University of Pristina.
References
edit- ^ Hyseni, Safet (2007). Varrezat masive në Kërçovë dhe rrethinë. Kičevo: DEA. pp. 149–152. ISBN 9789989143373.
- ^ Qerim Dalipi. "NAHIJA E KËRÇOVËS SIPAS REGJISTRIMIT TË VITEVE 1467-1468 (Aspekte shoqërore)". Gjurmime Albanologjike - Seria e shkencave historike 47:29-48.
- ^ "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".
- ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
- ^ a b Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 150.
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