Mala Plana (Prokuplje)

Mala Plana Мала Плана (Serbian)
Village
Mala Plana
Coordinates: 43°15′10″N21°28′38″E / 43.25278°N 21.47722°E / 43.25278; 21.47722
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

• Velika Plana
• Kaludra

References

1. 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
2. "The Expulsion of Albanians from the Sanjak of Nish" (PDF). State Agency of Kosovo Archives. p. 22.
3. 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."
4. 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."

43°15′10″N21°28′38″E / 43.25278°N 21.47722°E / 43.25278; 21.47722