Gostivar Municipality
| Municipality of Gostivar Општина Гостивар Komuna e Gostivarit | |||
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| Urban municipality | |||
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| Country |
 Macedonia | ||
| Region | Polog Statistical Region | ||
| Municipal seat | Gostivar | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Nevzat Bejta (DUI) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 513.39 km2 (198.22 sq mi) | ||
| Population | |||
| • Total | 81,042 | ||
| • Density | 158/km2 (410/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
Gostivar (Macedonian: Гостивар [ˈɡɔstivar]; Albanian: Gostivari, Turkish: Gostivar) is a municipality in western part of Republic of Macedonia. Gostivar is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Gostivar Municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.
Geography
The municipality borders the Mavrovo and Rostuša, Kičevo municipalities to the south, Makedonski Brod Municipality to the east, Brvenica and Vrapčište municipalities to the north, and Albania and Kosovo to the west.
Demographics
According to the last national census from 2002 this municipality has 81,042 inhabitants.[1]
Ethnic groups in the municipality include:
- Albanians = 54,038 (66.7%)
- Macedonians = 15,877 (19.6%)
- Turks = 7,991 (9.9%)
- Roma = 2,237 (2.8%)
- others.
Inhabited places
The municipality has 35 inhabited places, one town and 34 villages.
Inhabited places in Gostivar Municipality
Balin Dol, Belovište, Brodec, Vrutok, Gornja Banjica, Gornja Đonovica, Gornje Jelovce, Debreše, Donja Banjica, Donja Đonovica, Donje Jelovce, Železna Reka, Zdunje, Korito, Kunovo, Lakavica, Lešnica, Malo Turčane, Merdita, Mitrovi Krsti, Padalište, Pečkovo, Simnica, Srbinovo, Sušica, Strajane, Raven, Rečane, Trnovo, Tumčevište, Forino, Čajle, Čegrane, Gostivar (a town)
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: 41°48′N 20°55′E / 41.800°N 20.917°E