Prilep (Macedonian: Прилеп [ˈpriːlɛp] ) is a municipality in the south of North Macedonia. Prilep is also the name of the city where the municipal seat is found. It is located in the Pelagonia Statistical Region.

The municipality borders Čaška and Dolneni municipalities to the north, Kavadarci Municipality to the east, Krivogaštani, Mogila and Novaci municipalities to the west, and Greece to the south.

The municipality spreads over the northeastern part of the Pelagonia valley, it takes contains much of the Mariovo region.

The population of the municipality is 69,025. According to the 2021 North Macedonia census the majority in the municipality is represented by the ethnics Macedonians.

	2002		2021
	Number	%	Number	%
TOTAL	76,768	100	69,025	100
Macedonians	70,878	92.33	58,349	84,53
Roma	4,433	5.77	3,966	5.75
Turks	917	1.19	1,060	1.54
Albanians	22	0.03	127	0.18
Bosniaks	86	0.11	117	0.17
Serbs	172	0.22	113	0.16
Vlachs	17	0.02	30	0.04
Other / Undeclared / Unknown	243	0.33	304	0.45
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources			4,959	7.18

The number of the inhabited places in the municipality is 59. There are one city and 58 villages. Many villages have small populations or are even abandoned.

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41°17′16″N 21°40′33″E / 41.2878°N 21.6758°E / 41.2878; 21.6758