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Tetovo Municipality
Tetovo (Macedonian: Тетово, [ˈtɛtɔvɔ] ; Albanian: Tetova) is a municipality in the northwest part of North Macedonia. Tetovo's municipal seat is located in the town of the same name. Tetovo Municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.

Geography

The municipality borders Kosovo to the north and west, Tearce Municipality to the northeast, Jegunovce Municipality to the east, Želino Municipality to the southeast, Brvenica Municipality to the south, and Bogovinje Municipality to the southwest.

History

As a result of the redrawing of municipality borders in 2003, the rural Šipkovica Municipality and Džepčište Municipality were attached to Tetovo Municipality. Without these two municipalities, the population of the Municipality of Tetovo was 65,318 according to the census of 1994, and 70,841 at the last census. The population of the former Šipkovica Municipality in 1994 was 6,797, and according to the last census was 7,820. The population of the former Džepčište Municipality in 1994 was 7,286, and according to the last census was 7,919. The population of the present-day combined municipality is 86,580.

On 26 November 2019, an earthquake struck Albania and Tetovo Municipality held 2 days of mourning for the earthquake victims and sent humanitarian aid and 500,000 denars for relief efforts.

Demographics

The number of the inhabited places in the municipality is 20. There is one city and 19 villages. According to the 2021 North Macedonia census, the population of the municipality is 84,770. Ethnic groups in the municipality include:

2002 2021
Number % Number %
TOTAL 86,580 100 84,770 100
Albanians 60,886 70.32 60,460 71.32
Macedonians 20,053 23.16 15,529 18.32
Roma 2,357 2.73 1,885 2.22
Turks 1,882 2.17 1,746 2.06
Serbs 604 0.7 256 0.3
Bosniaks 156 0.18 189 0.22
Vlachs 15 0.01 11 0.01
Other / Undeclared / Unknown 627 0.73 326 0.4
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 4,368 5.15
Source: Census 2021 - first dataset State Statistical Office of North Macedonia

Inhabited places

There are 20 inhabited places in this municipality.

Inhabited Places Total Macedonians Albanians Turks Roma Vlachs Serbs Bosniaks Others
Tetovo Municipality 84,770 15,529 60,460 1,746 1,885 11 256 189 4,705
Bozovce 174 - 137 - - - - - 37
Brodec 734 - 651 - - - - - 83
Džepčište 3.338 33 3.198 1 - 1 - - 105
Fališe 612 552 37 1 - - 5 - 18
Gajre 633 - 607 - - - - - 26
Ǵermo 569 - 538 - - - - - 31
Golema Rečica 3.603 1 3.422 - - - - - 181
Jedoarce 16 5 11 - - - - - -
Lavce 313 - 311 - - - - - 2
Lisec 384 5 340 - - - - - 39
Mala Rečica 2.468 1 2.337 - - - - - 130
Otunje 3 2 - - - - 1 - -
Poroj 2.653 2 2.558 - - - - 1 92
Saraḱino 1.153 791 277 - 8 - 2 - 72
Selce 2.239 - 2.149 - - - - - 90
Setole 22 19 3 - - - 1 - -
Šipkovica 1.540 - 1.483 - - - - - 57
Tetovo 63.176 14.116 41.356 1.745 1.877 10 248 188 3.616
Vejce 848 2 804 - - - - - 42
Vešala 291 - 241 - - - - - 50

Historical photographs from Tetovo

References

  1. ^ 2002 census results in English and Macedonian (PDF)
  2. ^ "Komunat shqiptare në Maqedoni anulojnë kremtimet për festat e nëntorit" (in Albanian). Gazeta Express. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Maqedonia e Veriut jep 100 mijë Euro për Shqipërinë" (in Albanian). TV Klan. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Попис на населението, домаќинствата и становите во Република Северна Македонија, 2021 - прв сет на податоци" (PDF). stat.gov.mk. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

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