Bregovina Бреговина (Serbian) | |
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Village | |
  Bregovina | |
| Coordinates:43°04′55″N21°34′05″E / 43.08194°N 21.56806°E /43.08194; 21.56806 | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| District | Toplica District |
| Municipality | Prokuplje |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 70 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Bregovina (Serbian Cyrillic:Бреговина) is avillage in themunicipality ofProkuplje,Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 70 people.[1]
TheDrengrad archaeological site located in the village, which includes the ruins of a 6th-century fort, is part of theCultural Heritage of Serbia list, inscribed in 1982–83.[2]
In the 19th century, theToplica region had anAlbanian majority,[3] as did the town of Prokuplje and the village of Bregovina. The village of Bregovina was completely ethnically Albanian, and the Albanians of the village spoke in theGheg dialect of Albanian; they were alsoMuslims.[citation needed]
During the 1877–1878 period, these Albanians from Bregovina were expelled by Serbian forces[4][page needed] in a way that today would be characterized asethnic cleansing.[5] It is estimated that around 11,437 Albanians left their homes in 119 villages in the Prokuplje district with the arrival of theSerbian army, including the village of Bregovina.[6] The Albanian migrants from this region became known asMuhaxhirs and they mostly migrated to what is today modernKosovo, which was back then theVilayet of Kosovo of theOttoman Empire.
43°04′55″N21°34′05″E / 43.08194°N 21.56806°E /43.08194; 21.56806
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