Ohrid Municipality

Municipality of Ohrid Општина Охрид
Urban municipality
The Church of St. John at Kaneo above the lake
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Southwestern
Municipal seat	Ohrid
Government
• Mayor	Konstantin Georgievski
Area
• Total	389.93 km2 (150.55 sq mi)
Population
• Total	55,749
• Density	142.97/km2 (370.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Area code	046
car plates	OH
Website	http://www.Ohrid.gov.mk/
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region
Criteria	Cultural and Natural: (i)(iii)(iv)(vii)
Reference	99ter
Inscription	1979 (3rd Session)
Extensions	1980, 2019
Area	83,350 ha (206,000 acres)

The Municipality of Ohrid (Template:Lang-mk) is a municipality in the southwestern part of North Macedonia. Ohrid is also the name of the city where the municipal seat is found. Ohrid Municipality is in the Southwestern Statistical Region.

Geography

Ohrid Municipality borders

• Debarca Municipality to the west and north,
• Resen Municipality to the east, and
• Demir Hisar Municipality to the northeast.

Demographics

• According to the national census of 2002, the municipality of Ohrid, before the attachment of Kosel Municipality, had 54,380 inhabitants; according to the census of 1994, it had 52,732.
• The former Kosel Municipality had a population of 1,369 in 2002 and 1,759 in 1994.

The present-day combined municipality has 55,749 residents.

Ethnic groups in the municipality include:

• Macedonians, 47,344 (84.9%)
• Albanians, 2,962 (5.3%)
• Turks, 2,268 (4.1%)
• Serbs, 366 (0.7%)
• others, 2,809 (5.0%)

Inhabited places

The municipality has 29 inhabited places, one town and 28 villages.

External links

• Official website
• Official website for Info, Places to visit and reservations in Ohrid