Srbica, Kičevo
village in North Macedonia
Srbica (Macedonian: Србица, Albanian: Sërbicë) is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia. It used to be the largest village of the former municipality of Oslomej.
History
After the capture of the village by Partisan forces, 49 Albanians from the village were executed by the incoming communist forces.
Demographics
The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village had a total of 83 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred).
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Srbica was inhabited by a total of 1176 Muslim Albanians.
As of the 2021 census, Srbica had 796 residents with the following ethnic composition:
Albanians 761
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 35
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,862 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
Albanians – 1,859
Others – 3
Notable people
Hasan Kaleshi, Albanologist and professor at the University of Pristina.
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