Official Name: | Velika Plana |
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: | Prokuplje |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 666 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 43.3206°N 21.4406°W |
Velika Plana is a village in the municipality of Prokuplje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 666 people.[1]
Velika Plana (Albanian: Pllana e Madhe) had 124 houses inhabited by Albanians, while other sources claim 885 houses, before the Expulsion of the Albanians took place in 1877–1878.[2] All Albanians left the Prokuplje 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 in Kosovo kept their surname (Pllana) as the village they were from.