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'''Sekirača''' ({{langx|sq|Sekiraqa}}) is a [[village]] in the [[Municipalities of Serbia|municipality]] of [[Kuršumlija]], [[Serbia]]. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 29 people.<ref>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}}</ref>
== History ==
'''Sekirača''' ({{langx|sq|Sekiraqa}}) had 49 houses 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=23}}</ref> All Albanians left the [[Kuršumlija]] 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|Muhaxhirs]] and were demographically Albanians of the [[Gheg Albanian|Gheg dialect]] and [[Muslims]].
Some families from Sekiraqa kept their surname as the village they were from which is the reason why this surname appears in Kosovo.
== Notable people ==
* [[Enver Sekiraqa]], businessman, criminal and Kosovo's previous most wanted man<ref>{{cite web |last=Aliu |first=Fatmir |date=28 Sep 2012 |title=Alleged Kosovo Gangster Enver Sekiraqa Arrested |url=http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-gang-lord-enver-sekiraqa-arrested |accessdate=18 August 2024 |website=BalkanInsight}}</ref>
==References==
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{{Toplica District}}
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[[Category:Populated places in Toplica District]]
[[Category:Albanian communities in Serbia]]
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