Popovjani

Popovjani (Поповјани, Popojan) is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia. It was previously in Oslomej Municipality until that municipality was merged into Kičevo Municipality.

History
During the period of 1912-1913, members the Serbian army led by chetnik Mikajle Brodski massacred a total of 46 Albanians in the village. The bodies were buried in mass graves.

Demographics
The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village had a total of 20 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred).

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Popovjani was inhabited by a total of 193 Muslim Albanians and 120 Serbs.

As of the 2021 census, Popovjani had 142 residents with the following ethnic composition:
 * Albanians 135
 * Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 6
 * Macedonians 1

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 399 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
 * Albanians 397
 * Macedonians 2