Aračinovo Municipality
| Aračinovo Municipality Општина Арачиново Komuna e Haraçinës | |||
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| Rural municipality | |||
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| Country |
 Macedonia | ||
| Region | Skopje Statistical Region | ||
| Municipal seat | Aračinovo | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Brahim Ajvazi (DUI) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 31.3 km2 (12.1 sq mi) | ||
| Population | |||
| • Total | 11,597 | ||
| • Density | 370.51/km2 (959.6/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| Area code(s) | 02 | ||
| car plates | SK | ||
Aračinovo Municipality (Macedonian: Општина Арачиново [araˈtʃinɔvɔ], Albanian: Haraçina) is a municipality in northern part of Republic of Macedonia. Aračinovo is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. The municipality is located in the Skopje Statistical Region.
Geography
Aračinovo Municipality borders with Lipkovo Municipality to the north, the City of Skopje to the west, Petrovec Municipality to the south and Kumanovo Municipality to the east.
Demographics
The 1994 national census recorded 9,960 inhabitants, while the last national census of 2002 recorded 11,597 inhabitants.[1]
The ethnic structure of the municipality is the following: 10,879 (93.8%) are Albanians, 596 (5.1%) are Macedonians, and 1.1% other.
| Demographics of Aračinovo Municipality | ||
|---|---|---|
| Census year | Population | |
| 1994 | 9,960 | |
| 2002 | 11,992 | |
Inhabited places
The municipality is rural, meaning that all the inhabited places within it are villages. The number of the inhabited places in Aračinovo Municipality is 4.
| Inhabited places in Aračinovo Municipality |  | |
|---|---|---|
| village(s): Aračinovo | Grušino | Mojanci | Orlanci | ||
References
- ↑ 2002 census results in English and Macedonian (PDF)
External links
The municipality names in italics have an Albanian population of over 50% but below 60%. Names in brackets are Albanian equivalents of the Macedonian names. |
Coordinates: 42°02′N 21°34′E / 42.04°N 21.57°E