Mala Plana (Prokuplje)

Mala Plana Мала Плана (Serbian)
Village
Mala Plana
Coordinates: 43°15′10″N 21°28′38″E
Country	Serbia
District	Toplica District
Municipality	Prokuplje
Population  (2002)
• Total	608
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Mala Plana is a village in the municipality of Prokuplje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 608 people.[1]

History

Mala Plana (Albanian: Pllana e Vogël) had 178 houses inhabited by Albanians 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.

See also

• Velika Plana
• Kaludra

References

1. Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. ISBN 86-84433-00-9
2. "The Expulsion of Albanians from the Sanjak of Nish" (PDF). State Agency of Kosovo Archives. p. 22.

43°15′10″N 21°28′38″E