Aljinovići ( sr-cyr, Аљиновићи) is a
village in the
municipality of
Prijepolje,
Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 196 people.
Geography
It is situated on a plateau (1150–1270m) between Rupaj (1300m), Zlatarsko Brdo (1350m), Veliki Bitovik (1391m) and Kupionica (1238m), some 35 kilometres southeast from
Prijepolje. The village is classified as based on
animal husbandry
Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, or other products. It includes day-to-day care, selective breeding, and the raising of livestock. Husbandry has a long history, starti ...
and
crops (55.9% agrarian inhabitants). The ''atar'' (cadastral area) is 1,724 hectare (2001 source).
The Nova Varoš—Aljinovići regional road towards Sjenica crosses the village.
History
The village name is derived from (dresses); historically, the Orthodox priests in the region had their clothing made from local wool.
In 1889
or 1898 a Serbian school was founded in the village. In the beginning of March 1906, an uprising broke out in the Serbian villages from Sjenica to the villages of Javor (including Aljinovići and neighbouring villages).
In 1939/40, there was 365 pupils and two teachers in the school.
In April 1941, at least 34 people from Aljinovići had been taken as
prisoners of war
A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held Captivity, captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610.
Belligerents hold priso ...
and were interned at German camps. In February 1942, there was fighting between the
Yugoslav Partisans and the
Chetniks
The Chetniks ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Четници, Četnici, ; sl, Četniki), formally the Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army, and also the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland and the Ravna Gora Movement, was a Yugoslav royalist and Serbian nationa ...
in the village.
Today, there are some 50 households in the village, and it is constantly declining.
Demographic history
*2002 census: 196 people; 98% Serbs
*1991 census: 304 people
Culture
There is an Orthodox church in the village.
Anthropology
Families include Trmčić, Vujičić, Savković, Milošević, Topalović, among others.
References
External links
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Populated places in Zlatibor District
Prijepolje
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