Velika Plana (Prokuplje)

Velika Plana Велика Плана (Serbian)
Village
Velika Plana
Coordinates: 43°19′14″N21°26′26″E / 43.32056°N 21.44056°E / 43.32056; 21.44056
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

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

• Mala 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. 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
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."

43°19′14″N21°26′26″E / 43.32056°N 21.44056°E / 43.32056; 21.44056