Sekirani

Sekirani
Секирани
Village
Sekirani is located in North Macedonia
Sekirani
Sekirani
Location within North Macedonia
Country North Macedonia
Region Pelagonia
Municipality Bitola
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
114
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Sekirani (Macedonian Cyrillic: Секирани) is a village 11.84 kilometres (7.36 mi) away from Bitola, which is the second-largest city in North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Kukurečani.

Demographics

Sekirani is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467/68 as a village in the vilayet of Manastir. The names attested were almost entirely Slavic in character, while a small minority of inhabitants bore Albanian and mixed Slavic-Albanian anthroponyms.

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 114 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:

References

  1. ↑ Murati, Qemal (2022). "EMRA VETJAKË TË PROVENIENCËS SHQIPTARE NË VILAJETIN E MANASTIRIT NË DRITËN E DEFTERËVE OSMANË TË SHEK. XV". Studime Albanologjike. ITSH: 30. SEKIRANI Dimitri, i biri i Kojo-s; Dimitri, i biri i Bojko-s; Dimto, i biri i Dimitri-t; Kojko, i biri i Dimitri-t.s
  2. 1 2 Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 128.
  3. ↑ "Sekirani Bitola, Macedonia - Sekirani Bitola | Sekirani map".