Srbica (, ) is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia. It used to be the largest village of the former municipality of Oslomej.
History After the capture of the village by Partisan forces, 49 Albanians from the village were executed by the incoming communist forces.
Demographics The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village had a total of 83 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred).Qerim Dalipi. "NAHIJA E KËRÇOVËS SIPAS REGJISTRIMIT TË VITEVE 1467-1468 (Aspekte shoqërore)". Gjurmime Albanologjike - Seria e shkencave historike 47:29-48.
According to the 1942 Albanian census, Srbica was inhabited by a total of 1176 Muslim Albanians.
As of the 2021 census, Srbica had 796 residents with the following ethnic composition:Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021 Albanians 761 Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 35
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,862 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 150. Albanians – 1,859 Others – 3
Notable people Hasan Kaleshi, Albanologist and professor at the University of Pristina.
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