Official Name: | Sekirača |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Serbia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Serbia |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Toplica District |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Kuršumlija |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 29 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 42.9°N 48°W |
Sekirača is a village in the municipality of Kuršumlija, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 29 people.[1]
Sekirača (Albanian: Sekiraqa) had 49 houses inhabited by Albanians before the Expulsion of the Albanians took place in 1877–1878.[2] All Albanians left the Kuršumlija 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.
Some families from Sekiraqa kept their surname as the village they were from which is the reason why this surname appears in Kosovo.