The Bovan nahiye was situated in the center of Aleksinac basin, on the right side of South Morava River, with the exception of two villages placed on the left side of the river. During the time of Ottoman conquest it was average populated area and after that, to be more precise from 1491. to 1516, the tendency of population growth is visible. Since 1516. the population started to decrease and this was constantly lasting process during the whole century. Until 1607 this number decreased ten times. Our historiography is insufficiently familiar with proportion of depopulation that has happened in this area. Ottoman conquests of Belgrade in 1521 and large territories in Southern Hungary, after Battle of Mohács in 1526 were the main reasons for beginning of depopulation in Bovan and surrounding nahiyes. Krucevac’s region found itself in a situation where the part of the population, such as Vlachs, lost their previous privileges. On the other hand, the tax system in vast newly conquered regions has been significantly milder, which attracted numerous colonists from Krusevac and its region. Another reason for this could be the plague, which ravaged this area during the mentioned period of time. The next big wave of emigration occurred after the Ottoman conquest of Banat and founding Timisoara Eyalet in 1552. After the conquest of Djula in 1566. and founding of the same name region, inhabiting of Serbian population has obtained proportions of migration. People inhabited southern from Danube, began migrating to Banat in order to be enlisted in а new defter. Migrations were motivated by better economic conditions of peasantry in the areas across Danube. During the period when this migrations subside, by the end of 1560s, the new wave of plague arrives. By the end of 16th and the beginning of 17th century, the whole area was depopulated. This can be best seen in the number of taxpayers in Bovan nahiye, which was 617 in 1591/1592 and only 254 in 1607. Considering that in 1607, from all registered people there were 88 who migrated from other areas, it is visible that there were only 166 Christian natives. The change of ethnical structure in Bovan nahiye was evidenced already in register from 1591/92 and continued on until 1607. During this period population from Macedonian, Bulgarian and Albanian areas migrates to this area.The Bovan nahiye was situated in the center of Aleksinac basin, on the right side of South Morava River, with the exception of two villages placed on the left side of the river. During the time of Ottoman conquest it was average populated area and after that, to be more precise from 1491. to 1516, the tendency of population growth is visible. Since 1516. the population started to decrease and this was constantly lasting process during the whole century. Until 1607 this number decreased ten times. Our historiography is insufficiently familiar with proportion of depopulation that has happened in this area. Ottoman conquests of Belgrade in 1521 and large territories in Southern Hungary, after Battle of Mohács in 1526 were the main reasons for beginning of depopulation in Bovan and surrounding nahiyes. Krucevac’s region found itself in a situation where the part of the population, such as Vlachs, lost their previous privileges. On the other hand, the tax system in vast newly conquered regions has been significantly milder, which attracted numerous colonists from Krusevac and its region. Another reason for this could be the plague, which ravaged this area during the mentioned period of time. The next big wave of emigration occurred after the Ottoman conquest of Banat and founding Timisoara Eyalet in 1552. After the conquest of Djula in 1566. and founding of the same name region, inhabiting of Serbian population has obtained proportions of migration. People inhabited southern from Danube, began migrating to Banat in order to be enlisted in а new defter. Migrations were motivated by better economic conditions of peasantry in the areas across Danube. During the period when this migrations subside, by the end of 1560s, the new wave of plague arrives. By the end of 16th and the beginning of 17th century, the whole area was depopulated. This can be best seen in the number of taxpayers in Bovan nahiye, which was 617 in 1591/1592 and only 254 in 1607. Considering that in 1607, from all registered people there were 88 who migrated from other areas, it is visible that there were only 166 Christian natives. The change of ethnical structure in Bovan nahiye was evidenced already in register from 1591/92 and continued on until 1607. During this period population from Macedonian, Bulgarian and Albanian areas migrates to this area.
