Velika Plana (Prokuplje)
Velika Plana
Велика Плана (Serbian) | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Velika Plana | |
| Coordinates: 43°19′14″N 21°26′26″E / 43.32056°N 21.44056°E | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| District | Toplica District |
| Municipality | Prokuplje |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 666 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Velika Plana is a village in the municipality of Prokuplje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 666 people.[1]
History
[edit]Velika Plana had 124 houses inhabited by Albanians, while other sources claim 885 houses, before the Expulsion of the Albanians took place in 1877–1878.[2] All Albanians left the Prokuplje region by force of the Serbian army and fled to modern-day Kosovo, which was back then the Vilayet of Kosovo of the Ottoman Empire. These Albanians became known as Muxhahirs ("Muslim refugees" in Albanian)[3] and were demographically Albanians of the Gheg dialect and Muslims.
Some families in Kosovo kept their surname (Pllana) as the village they were from.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. ISBN 86-84433-00-9
- ^ Sabit Uka (2004). Dëbimi i Shqiptarëve nga Sanxhaku i Nishit dhe vendosja e tyre në Kosovë:(1877/1878-1912) (in Albanian). Verana. p. 22. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
Pllana e Madhe në rrethin e Prokuplës kishte 124 shtëpi shqiptare dhe sipas një burimi tjetër ka pasur 885 shtëpi
- ^ Malcolm, Noel (1998). Kosovo: A short history. Macmillan. p. 229. ISBN 9780810874831. "All these new arrivals were known as muhaxhirs (Trk.: muhacir Srb.: muhadžir), a general word for Muslim refugees. The total number of those who settled in Kosovo is not known with certainty: estimates ranged from 20,000 to 50,000 for Eastern Kosovo, while the governor of the vilayet gave a total of 65,000 in 1881, some of whom were in the sancaks of Skopje and Novi Pazar. At a rough estimate, 50,000 would seem a reasonable figure for those muhaxhirs of 1877–8 who settled in the territory of Kosovo itself."
43°19′14″N 21°26′26″E / 43.32056°N 21.44056°E
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