Kolari, Kičevo

Coordinates: 41°38′N 20°55′E / 41.633°N 20.917°E / 41.633; 20.917
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Kolari
Колари
Kollarё
Village
Kolari is located in North Macedonia
Kolari
Kolari
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°38′N 20°55′E / 41.633°N 20.917°E / 41.633; 20.917
Country North Macedonia
Region Southwestern
Municipality Kičevo
Population
 (2021)
 • Total421
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Car platesKI
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Kolari (Macedonian: Колари, Albanian: Kollarё) is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former Zajas Municipality.

History[edit]

During the period of 1912-1913, members of the Serbian army massacred a total of 7 Albanian men from the village.[1]

Demographics[edit]

The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village had a total of 41 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred).[2]

As of the 2021 census, Kolari had 421 residents with the following ethnic composition:[3]

  • Albanians 388
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 33

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 880 inhabitants.[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hyseni, Safet (2007). Varrezat masive në Kërçovë dhe rrethinë. Kičevo: DEA. p. 66-67. ISBN 9789989143373.
  2. ^ Qerim Dalipi. "NAHIJA E KËRÇOVËS SIPAS REGJISTRIMIT TË VITEVE 1467-1468 (Aspekte shoqërore)". Gjurmime Albanologjike - Seria e shkencave historike 47:29-48.
  3. ^ Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021
  4. ^ a b Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 103.