Sekirani
| Sekirani Секирани | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
|   Sekirani Location within North Macedonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°02′N 21°16′E / 41.033°N 21.267°E | |
| Country |  North Macedonia | 
| Region |  Pelagonia | 
| Municipality |  Bitola | 
| Population  (2002) | |
|  • Total | 114 | 
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | 
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | 
Sekirani (Macedonian Cyrillic: Секирани) is a village 11.84 kilometres (7.36 mi) away from Bitola, which is the second-largest city in North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Kukurečani.
Demographics
Sekirani is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467/68 as a village in the vilayet of Manastir. The names attested were almost entirely Slavic in character, while a small minority of inhabitants bore Albanian and mixed Slavic-Albanian anthroponyms.[1]
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 114 inhabitants.[2] Ethnic groups in the village include:[2][3]
- Macedonians 114
References
- ^ Murati, Qemal (2022). "EMRA VETJAKË TË PROVENIENCËS SHQIPTARE NË VILAJETIN E MANASTIRIT NË DRITËN E DEFTERËVE OSMANË TË SHEK. XV". Studime Albanologjike. ITSH: 30. SEKIRANI Dimitri, i biri i Kojo-s; Dimitri, i biri i Bojko-s; Dimto, i biri i Dimitri-t; Kojko, i biri i Dimitri-t.s 
- ^ 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. 128.
- ^ "Sekirani Bitola, Macedonia - Sekirani Bitola | Sekirani map".