# Sekirani

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'''Sekirani''' ([Macedonian Cyrillic](/source/Macedonian_language): Секирани) is a village {{convert|11.84|km|mi}} away from [Bitola](/source/Bitola), which is the second-largest city in [North Macedonia](/source/North_Macedonia). It used to be part of the former municipality of [Kukurečani](/source/Kukure%C4%8Dani).

==Demographics==
Sekirani is attested in the Ottoman [defter](/source/defter) of 1467/68 as a village in the [vilayet of Manastir](/source/Manastir_vilayet). The names attested were almost entirely Slavic in character, while a small minority of inhabitants bore Albanian and mixed [Slavic](/source/Slavic_languages)-[Albanian](/source/Albanian_language) [anthroponyms](/source/Anthroponymy).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Murati |first1=Qemal| journal=Studime Albanologjike|title=EMRA VETJAKË TË PROVENIENCËS SHQIPTARE NË VILAJETIN E MANASTIRIT NË DRITËN E DEFTERËVE OSMANË TË SHEK. XV  |date=2022 |publisher=ITSH|pages=30|quote=SEKIRANI Dimitri, i biri i Kojo-s; Dimitri, i biri i Bojko-s; Dimto, i biri i Dimitri-t; Kojko, i biri i Dimitri-t.s}}</ref>

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 114 inhabitants.<ref name = Statisticaloffice/> Ethnic groups in the village include:<ref name = Statisticaloffice>Macedonian Census (2002), [http://www.stat.gov.mk/publikacii/knigaX.pdf  ''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion''], The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 128.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://makedonija.name/municipalities/bitola/sekirani|title = Sekirani Bitola, Macedonia - Sekirani Bitola &#124; Sekirani map}}</ref>

*[Macedonians](/source/Macedonians_(ethnic_group)) 114

==References==
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{{Bitola municipality}}

Category:Villages in Bitola Municipality

{{Bitola-geo-stub}}

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