Southwestern Statistical Region

Location of the Southwestern Statistical Region

The Southwestern Statistical Region is one of eight arbitrary statistical regions in the Republic of Macedonia. Southwestern, located in the west and southwestern part of the country, borders Albania to the west. Internally, it borders the Pelagonia, Polog, Skopje, and Vardar statistical regions.

Municipalities

Map of the municipalities of the region (2004-2013).

Southwestern statistical region is divided into 9 municipalities:

• Centar Župa
• Debar
• Debarca
• Kičevo
• Makedonski Brod
• Ohrid
• Plasnica
• Struga
• Vevčani

Demographics

Map of the majority ethnic groups by municipality (2004-2013).

Population

The current population of the Southwestern statistical region is 221,546 citizens, according to the last population census in 2002.

Census Year	Population	Change
1994	211,046	N/A
2002	221,546	+5.0%

Ethnicities

The largest group in the region is the Macedonians, followed by Albanians. Turks also account for a small population.

	Number	%
TOTAL	221,546	100
Macedonians	107,387	48.5
Albanians	81,863	36.9
Turks	21,431	9.7
Romany	2,826	1.3
others	8,039	3.6