Mala Plana (Prokuplje)
Mala Plana
Мала Плана (Serbian) | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Mala Plana | |
| Coordinates: 43°15′10″N 21°28′38″E / 43.25278°N 21.47722°E | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| District | Toplica District |
| Municipality | Prokuplje |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 608 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Mala Plana is a village in the municipality of Prokuplje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 608 people.[1]
History
Mala Plana had 178 houses inhabited by Albanians 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.[4]
See also
References
- ^ 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
- ^ "The Expulsion of Albanians from the Sanjak of Nish" (PDF). State Agency of Kosovo Archives. p. 22.
- ^ 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."
- ^ Uka, Sabit (2004). Jeta dhe veprimtaria e shqiptarëve të Sanxhakut të Nishit deri më 1912 Life and activity of Albanians in the Sanjak of Nish up to 1912. Verana page 22.; ISBN 9789951864527."