Đake
Đake (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђаке; Albanian: Gjakë) is a village in the municipality of Kuršumlija, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 83 people.
History
Đake (Albanian: Gjakë) was inhabited by Albanians before the Expulsion of the Albanians took place in 1877–1878. All Albanians left the Kuršumlija 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 (Xhaka) as the village they were from.
References
- ^ 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
- ^ "The Expulsion of Albanians from the Sanjak of Nish" (PDF). State Agency of Kosovo Archives.
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