Kolari, Kičevo

Kolari Колари Kollarё
Village
Road towards Kolari
Kolari Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°38′N 20°55′E
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Southwestern
Municipality	Kičevo
Population  (2021)
• Total	421
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	KI
Website	.

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

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

Demographics

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]

• Albanians 879
• Macedonians 1

References

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. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 103.