Zajas is a village located in the Republic of Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

. According to the census of 2002 it has 11,605 inhabitants. Zajas is a seat of the Zajas municipality

Zajas municipality

Zajas is a municipality in western Republic of Macedonia. Zajas is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Zajas Municipality is part of the Southwestern Statistical Region.-Geography:...

. Zajas is well known as the birthplace of the National Front(Balli Kombetar

Balli Kombëtar

Balli Kombëtar was an Albanian nationalist, anti-communist and anti-monarchy organization established in October 1939. It was led by Ali Këlcyra and Mit’hat Frashëri...

) fighters Mefail Shehu

Mefail Shehu

Mefail Shehu was known as Mefail i madhe and Mefail Zajazi. A Balli Kombetar military commander and leader of the Kicevo region. Was a close associate of Xhem Hasa.-History:...

, Mefail Mehmeti and Begzat Vuli. During the Albanian insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia

Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia

The insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia was an armed conflict which began when the ethnic Albanian National Liberation Army militant group attacked the security forces of the Republic of Macedonia at the beginning of January 2001...

, Zajas became well-known as the birthplace of Ali Ahmeti

Ali Ahmeti

Ali Ahmeti is the political leader of the Democratic Union for Integration , a governing political party in Republic of Macedonia...

, the leader of the National Liberation Army

National Liberation Army (Macedonia)

The National Liberation Army , also known as the Macedonian UÇK, was a militant organization that operated in the Republic of Macedonia in 2001 and was closely associated with the Kosovo Liberation Army ....

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