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Kičevo Municipality

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Country
  
Macedonia

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Website
  
Official website

Municipal seat
  
Kičevo

Car plates
  
KI

Area
  
838 km²


Region
  
Southwestern Statistical Region

Kičevo Municipality (Macedonian: Општина Кичево, Albanian: Komuna e Kërçovës) is a municipality in western Republic of Macedonia. The municipal seat is the city of Kičevo. Kičevo Municipality is located in the Southwestern Statistical Region.

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Map of Municipality of Kichevo, Macedonia (FYROM)

Geography

The municipality borders Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality to the northwest, Debar Municipality to the west, Gostivar Municipality to the north, Makedonski Brod and Plasnica municipalities to the east, Demir Hisar Municipality to the south, and Debarca Municipality to the southwest.

Demographics

According to the last national census from 2002 the municipality, prior to territorial adjustments in 2013, had 30,138 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the municipality included:

  • Macedonians = 16,140 (53.6%)
  • Albanians = 9,202 (30.5%)
  • Turks = 2,430 (8.1%)
  • Roma = 1,630 (5.4%)
  • others.
  • Following the territorial adjustments in March 2013, the municipalities of Drugovo, Vraneštica, Zajas and Oslomej have been combined with Kičevo Municipality. Ethnic groups in the larger Kičevo Municipality, according to the 2002 census:, include:

  • Albanians = 30,927 (54.51%)
  • Macedonians = 20,278 (35.74%)
  • Turks = 2,998 (5.28%)
  • Roma = 1,631 (2.87%)
  • others = 900 (1.59%)
  • References

    Kičevo Municipality Wikipedia