Zajas

Zajas
Zajas ; Зајас; Zajaz
	Village
	Zajas Location within North Macedonia
	Coordinates: 41°36′N 20°56′E
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Southwestern
Municipality	Kičevo
Population (2002)
• Total	4,712
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	KI
Website	.

Zajas (Macedonian: Зајас , Albanian: Zajaz) is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia. Zajas was the seat of the Zajas Municipality, and is now in Kičevo Municipality.

Zajas is well known as the birthplace of the National Front (Balli Kombëtar) fighters Mefail Shehu, Mefail Mehmeti and Begzat Vuli, Kachaks like Sefer Zajazi, Halim Mangupi, brothers Kalosh and Lazam Çeliku with their ancestor Dan Çeliku, and lastly Partisan fighters Rexhë Rrushit Zajazi and Mehmed Mehmedi.

During the Albanian insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia, Zajas became well known as the birthplace of Ali Ahmeti, the leader of the National Liberation Army and chairman of the DUI.

Demographics

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 4712 inhabitants.[1] Ethnic groups in the village include:[1]

Albanians 4682
Macedonians 4
Serbs 4
Others 22

Sports

Local football club KF Zajazi have played in the Macedonian Second League.

References

Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 103.

External links

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[Statisticaloffice-1] Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 103.