Sefer, Preševo

Sefer
Сефер (Serbian)
Sefer (Albanian)
Sefer
Coordinates: 42°19′43″N 21°32′52″E / 42.32861°N 21.54778°E / 42.32861; 21.54778
Country Serbia
DistrictPčinja District
MunicipalityPreševo
Area
 • Total
6.90 km2 (2.66 sq mi)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
57
 • Density8.3/km2 (21/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Sefer (Serbian Cyrillic: Сефер; Albanian: Sefer) is a village located in the municipality of Preševo, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village had a population of 57 (100,0 %) people, all Albanians.[2] The Albanians of Sefer are all Muslim, and speak in the Gheg dialect of the Albanian language.

History

Sefer belongs to the ethnographic region of Karadak, specifically the subregion of Llapushnica. Until the summer of 1947, the villages of Llapushnica—Sefer, Stanevce, Kurbalija, Depce,Bujić, Cerevajka, Pečeno, Maxherja, and Ranatovce—were part of the Municipality of Zhegër, located in the District of Gjilan and Kosovo. However, they were unexpectedly incorporated by Yugoslav authorities into the Municipality of Preševo, with which they had no cultural ties and only limited connections.[3] The inhabitants are divided into four clans, all of which descend from the Berisha tribe.[4]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Насеља општине Прешево" (pdf). stat.gov.rs (in Serbian). Statistical Office of Serbia. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Murati-Staneci, Jahi (1996). Bujku (in Albanian). Preševo (published 22 April 1996). p. 7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ "Порекло презимена, село Сефер (Прешево) - Порекло". www.poreklo.rs (in Serbian). 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2025-03-20.