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{{Expand Serbian|topic=geo|date=September 2011|Чокот (насеље)}}
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|subdivision_name1      = [[Nišava District|Nišava]]
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'''Čokot''' ({{langx|sq|Çokot}}) is a village situated in [[Niš]] municipality in [[Serbia]].The famous actor Robert De Niro spent a few days in this village sometime in the 60s before he became a famous actor.<ref>[http://www.ined.fr/fr/pop_chiffres/pays_developpes/base_pays_developpes/ Institut national d'études démographique (INED)]</ref>
== History ==
'''Čokot''' ({{langx|sq|Çokot}}) was inhabited by [[Albanians]] before the [[Expulsion of the Albanians, 1877–1878|Expulsion of the Albanians]] took place in 1877–1878.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Expulsion of Albanians from the Sanjak of Nish |url=http://asha-ks.net/repository/docs/Katalogu_WEB.pdf |publisher=State Agency of Kosovo Archives|page=16}}</ref> All Albanians left the [[Niš]] region by force of the [[Serbian Army|Serbian army]] and fled to modern-day [[Kosovo]], which was back then the [[Kosovo vilayet|Vilayet of Kosovo]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]]. These Albanians became known as [[Muhaxhir|Muxhahirs]] and were demographically Albanians of the [[Gheg Albanian|Gheg dialect]] and [[Muslims]].
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