Popovjani | |
Native Name: | Поповјани Popojan |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | North Macedonia |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within North Macedonia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Southwestern |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Kičevo |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 142 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Website: | . |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Blank Info: | KI |
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. Ethnic groups in the village include:[5]