Depce

Depce (Serbian Cyrillic: Депце; Albanian: Depcë) is a village located in the municipality of Preševo, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 441 people.^[2] Of these, 423 (95,91 %) were ethnic Albanians, and 17 (3,85 %) others.^[2] Agim Ramadani and his family originally hail from Depce.

Depce Депце (Serbian) Depcë (Albanian)
Village (Selo)
Depce
Coordinates: 42°21′35″N 21°33′15″E
Country	Serbia
District	Pčinja District
Municipality	Preševo
Area [1]
• Total	9.18 km2 (3.54 sq mi)
Elevation	799 m (2,621 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	441
• Density	48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

History

Depce belongs to the ethnographic region of Skopska Crna Gora, specifically the subregion of Lapušnica. Until the summer of 1947, the villages of Lapušnica — Depce, Kurbalija, Stanevce, Sefer, Bujić, Cerevajka, Pečeno, Mađare, and Ranatovce—were part of the Municipality of Zhegër (Žegra), located in the District of Gjilan (Gnjilane) and Kosovo. However, they were unexpectedly incorporated by Yugoslav authorities into the Municipality of Preševo, with which they had no cultural ties and only limited connections.^[3] All inhabitants descend from the Berisha tribe and are divided into three clans: Ukmemet, Gjinaj, and Zekbasha.^[4]

Notable people

• Agim Ramadani, Albanian commander of the KLA (By origin)