Polog Statistical Region

Polog Полошки регион Rajoni Pollog
statistical region
Area
• Total	2,479 km^2 (957 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	319,532
• Density	130/km^2 (330/sq mi)

The Polog Statistical Region (Macedonian: Полошки регион, Albanian: Rajoni Pollog) is one of eight statistical regions of the Republic of Macedonia. Polog, located in the northwestern part of the country, borders Albania and Kosovo^[a]. Internally, it borders the Southwestern and Skopje statistical regions.

Municipalities

The municipalities of the Polog statistical region

Polog is divided into 9 municipalities:

• Bogovinje
• Brvenica
• Gostivar
• Jegunovce
• Mavrovo and Rostuša
• Tearce
• Tetovo
• Vrapčište
• Želino

Demographics

Map of the majority ethnic groups in the region.

Population

The current population of the Polog statistical region is 304,125 citizens, according to the last population census in 2002.

Census Year	Population	Change
1994	282,432	N/A
2002	304,125	+8.24%

Ethnicities

Polog is the only statistical region in Macedonia where Macedonians are not the majority.

	Number	%
TOTAL	304,125	100
Albanians	222,679	73.2
Macedonians	56,079	18.4
Turks	17,386	5.7
Roma	4,594	1.4
others	3,387	1.1

See also

• Polog

Notes

a.

^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received recognition as an independent state from 110 out of 193 United Nations member states.

Coordinates: 41°48′00″N 20°55′12″E / 41.80000°N 20.92000°E