Popovjani

Popovjani

Поповјани
Popojan
Popovjani Поповјани; Popojan
Village
	Popovjani
	Popovjani Location within North Macedonia
	Coordinates: 41°37′N 21°00′E / 41.617°N 21.000°E
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Southwestern
Municipality	Kičevo
Population (2021)
• Total	142
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	KI
Website	.

Popovjani (Macedonian: Поповјани, Albanian: Popojan) is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia. It was previously in Oslomej Municipality until that municipality was merged into Kičevo Municipality.

History

During the period of 1912-1913, members the Serbian army led by chetnik Mikajle Brodski massacred a total of 46 Albanians in the village. The bodies were buried in mass graves.^[1]

Demographics

The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village had a total of 20 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred).^[2]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Popovjani was inhabited by a total of 193 Muslim Albanians and 120 Serbs.^[3]

As of the 2021 census, Popovjani had 142 residents with the following ethnic composition:^[4]

Albanians 135
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 6
Macedonians 1

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 399 inhabitants.^[5] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[5]

Albanians 397
Macedonians 2

References

^ Hyseni, Safet (2007). Varrezat masive në Kërçovë dhe rrethinë. Kičevo: DEA. p. 42-47. 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. 149.

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[1] Hyseni, Safet (2007). Varrezat masive në Kërçovë dhe rrethinë. Kičevo: DEA. p. 42-47. ISBN 9789989143373.

[2] Qerim Dalipi. "NAHIJA E KËRÇOVËS SIPAS REGJISTRIMIT TË VITEVE 1467-1468 (Aspekte shoqërore)". Gjurmime Albanologjike - Seria e shkencave historike 47:29-48.

[3] "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".

[4] Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021

[Statisticaloffice-5] Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 149.

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Popovjani

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