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Gostivar Municipality

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Country
  
Macedonia

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Municipal seat
  
Gostivar

Area
  
513.4 km²


Region
  
Polog Statistical Region

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.

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Map of Gostivar, Macedonia (FYROM)

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.

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

    Gostivar Municipality Wikipedia