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Drugovo Municipality

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Country
  
Republic of Macedonia

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Municipal seat
  
Drugovo

Area
  
383.2 km²

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region
  
Southwestern Statistical Region

Split from
  
Kičevo Municipality in 1996

Merged into
  
Kičevo Municipality in 2013

Drugovo (Macedonian:  Другово ) is a former municipality in western Republic of Macedonia, created in the 1996 territorial organisation and dissolved following the 2013 Macedonian new territorial organisation, after it was merged with Kičevo Municipality. Drugovo is also the name of the village where the municipal seat was found. Drugovo Municipality was part of the Southwestern Statistical Region. The last mayor of the municipality was Dobre Nikoski.

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Map of Municipality of Drugovo, Macedonia (FYROM)

Geography

The municipality bordered Debar Municipality to the west, Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality to the northwest, Zajas Municipality to the northeast, Kičevo Municipality, Vraneštica Municipality, Plasnica Municipality, and Kruševo Municipality to the east, Demir Hisar Municipality to the southeast, and Debarca Municipality to the southwest.

Demographics

According to the last national census from 2002, Drugovo Municipality has 3,249 inhabitants.

Ethnic groups in the municipality include:

  • Macedonians = 2,784 (85.7%)
  • Turks = 292 (9.0%)
  • Albanians = 155 (4.8%)
  • others = 18 (0.6%)
  • The total number of students in the municipality in 2011, in comparison to the total number of students in 2007, declined for about 30%. Drugovo is the third municipality in Macedonia by the decline of the total number of students.

    Inhabited places

    Settlements in the municipality include Belica, Brzhdani, Vidrani, Grand Crsko, Upper Dushegubica, Dobrenoec Upper, Lower Dushegubica, Lower Dobrenoec, Drugovo, Ehloec, Ivanchishta, Source, Javorec, Judovo, Kladnik, Klenoec, Kozica, Lavchani, Malkoec, Malo Crsko, Monastery Dolenci, Podvis, Popoec, Popolzhani, Prostranje, Svinjishte, Srbjani and Cer.

    References

    Drugovo Municipality Wikipedia