Popovjani
Поповјани Popojan | |
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Coordinates: 41°37′N 21°00′E / 41.617°N 21.000°E | |
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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.
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]
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]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 399 inhabitants. [5] Ethnic groups in the village include: [5]