Lisičani () is a village in the municipality of Plasnica, North Macedonia.
Demographics The village is attested in the 1467/68 Ottoman tax registry (defter) for the Nahiyah of Kırçova. The village had a total of 44 houses, excluding bachelors (mucerred).Qerim Dalipi. "NAHIJA E KËRÇOVËS SIPAS REGJISTRIMIT TË VITEVE 1467-1468 (Aspekte shoqërore)". Gjurmime Albanologjike - Seria e shkencave historike 47:29-48. Lisičani has traditionally been inhabited by a Torbeš population. "У његовој близини су торбешка села Преглово, Пласница и Лисичани." According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 1,153 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 291.
Turks 1,126 Albanians 10 Macedonians 6 Others 11
Based on the ethnographic work of Toma Smiljanic, provided in his Book "Кичевиа-Тома Смильаник (1926)", the Muslim Population seemed to have consisted of settlers from the northern sphere of the Kicevija and Debar, and a different share of families which he describes as "the old ones".Smiljanić-Bradina, Toma (16 May 2018). "Кичевија - Тома Смиљаниќ (1926)". kicevo.mk. Retrieved 18 September 2022. Based on the ethnographic work of Jovan Trifunoski, the ethnic character of the Muslim population seemed to have been split between Albanian through Albanian settlers from the northern sphere of the Kicevija and Debar, whom would have later started speaking Slavic, and a different share of families which he describes as "local" Slavic-speaking Muslims.
Sports The local football team is FK Bratstvo Lisičani.
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