Bitola Municipality

Bitola (Macedonian:Битола) is a municipality in southern Republic of Macedonia. Bitola is also the name of the city where the municipal seat is found.

The municipality borders Demir Hisar municipality in the north, Mogila municipality in the northeast, Resen municipality in the west, Krivogashtani municipality in the southeast and Greece in the south.

Geography

The municipality expands vast trought the pelagonia valey reaching the hihgest points of Baba Mountain. The Reka Crna runs throught the municipality.

Demographics

The population of the municipality is 95 385 of whom aproximately 80 000 live in the municipality center Bitola, the rest lives in the suburbs and the vilages of the municipality.

According to the last National Macedonian census the majority in the municipality is represented by the Macedonians with 88,7% or 84 616, the following are the Albanians with 4,36% or 4 164, Roma are represented wit 2,73 % (2 613), Turks: 1,69 % (1610),Bosniaks: 0,03 % (21), Serbs: 0,57 % (541), Vlachs: 1,34 % (1270) and 0,58 % (550) others.

By the 2003 territorial division of the republic, the rural Bistrica municipality and Capari municipality were attached to Bitola municipality. Without these two municipalities the population of the municipality of Bitola was 86 176 according to the National census of 1994, and 86 480 at the last census ^ .The population of the abolished in 2003 Bistrica municipality in 1994 was 5 779, and according to the last cencus was 5 042. The population of the abolished in 2003 Capari municipality in 1994 was 1 793, and according to the last cencus was 1424. With the Teritorial administrative division of the republic in 2003 the municipalities of Capari and Bistrica were atached to Bitola and so the population of the present day municipality is 92 874.

The number of the inhabited places in the municipality is 66. There is one town and 65 villages.

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Notes

1. ^ 2002 census results in English and Macedonian (PDF)

See also

• Pelagonia
• Bitola
• Pelister National Park
• Republic of Macedonia
• Municipalities of the Republic of Macedonia

External links

• Official site of Bitola municipality
• Bitola municipality on the site of the Macedonian ministry for local self-government

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