Velika, Montenegro

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Village in Plav, Montenegro

Velika Велика
Village
View of Velika, Montenegro
42°39′54″N 19°57′22″E / 42.665°N 19.956°E / 42.665; 19.956
Country	Montenegro
Municipality	Plav
Population (2011)
• Total	308
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Velika (Serbian Cyrillic: Велика) is a village in the municipality of Plav, Montenegro, close to the village of Murino.

History

In 1479, the Ottomans annexed Gornje Polimlje and Velika. Subsequently, these villages were organized into the Sanjak of Scutari. It was the site of several conflicts during the battles for Plav and Gusinje, between the Albanians under the League of Prizren and Montenegrin forces in 1879–80.

During World War II, on July 28, 1944, when the region was occupied by Germany, 428 Serbs and Montenegrins from the village, mostly women and children, were killed by the 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg, which was composed predominantly of ethnic Albanians.^[1]

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, its population was 308.^[2]

Ethnicity in 2011
Ethnicity	Number	Percentage
Serbs	228	74.0%
Montenegrins	65	21.1%
other/undeclared	15	4.9%
Total	308	100%

References

^ Antonijević, Nenad (2009). Албански злочини над Србима на Косову и Метохији у Другом светском рату, документа (PDF). Muzej žrtava genocida. pp. 44–45. ISBN 9788690632992.
^ "Tabela N1. Stanovništvo prema nacinalnoj odnosno etničkoj pripadnosti po naseljima, Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i stanova u Crnoj Gori 2011. godine" (in Montenegrin). Statistical Office of Montenegro. Retrieved January 27, 2012.