Official Name: | Mekiš |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Serbia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Serbia |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Nišava District |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Doljevac |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 43.2236°N 21.7939°W |
Mekiš (Albanian: Mekishi) is a village situated in Doljevac municipality in Serbia.[1]
Mekiš (Albanian: Mekishi) had 30 houses inhabited by Serbians and 1 house inhabited by Albanians before the Expulsion of the Albanians took place in 1877–1878.[2] All Albanians left the Doljevac 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 and were demographically Albanians of the Gheg dialect and Muslims.