Garani, Kičevo

Garani Гарани Garanë
Village
Garani Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°32′N 21°01′E
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Southwestern
Municipality	Kičevo
Population  (2021)
• Total	27
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	KI
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Garani (Macedonian: Гарани, Albanian: Garanë) is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Oslomej.

History

After the capture of the village by Partisan forces in the autumn of 1944, 49 Albanian men were executed by the incoming communist forces.^[1]

Demographics

According to the statistics of the Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900, 400 inhabitants lived in Garani, all being Albanian Muslims.^[2]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Garani was inhabited by a total of 323 Muslim Albanians.^[3]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 542 inhabitants.^[4] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[4]

• Albanians 541
• Macedonians 1

As of the 2021 census, Garani had 27 residents with the following ethnic composition:^[5]

• Albanians 17
• Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 10

References

1. Hyseni, Safet (2007). Varrezat masive në Kërçovë dhe rrethinë. Kičevo: DEA. p. 114-115. ISBN 9789989143373.
2. Vasil Kanchov. "Macedonia. "Ethnography and statistics." Sofia, 1900, p. 208
3. "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".
4. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 149.
5. Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021

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