Mavrovo i Rostuše Municipality
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Mavrovo i Rostuše Municipality
Општина Маврово и Ростушe Mavrova ve Rostuşa Belediyesi | |
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Rural municipality | |
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Municipal seat | Rostuše |
Government | |
• Mayor | Medat Kurtovski (SDSM) |
Area | |
• Total | 663.19 km2 (256.06 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 5,042 |
• Density | 13/km2 (30/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Mavrovo i Rostuše (Macedonian: ) (Turkish: Mavrova ve Rostuşa) is a municipality in western North Macedonia. The municipal seat is located in the village of Rostuše. This municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.
Geography
[edit]The municipality borders Gostivar Municipality to the north, Kičevo Municipality to the east, Debar Municipality to the south and Albania to the west.
Demographics
[edit]According to the last national census from 2021, this municipality has 5,042 inhabitants.[1] Ethnic groups in the municipality include:
2002 | 2021 | |||
Number | % | Number | % | |
TOTAL | 8,618 | 100 | 5,042 | 100 |
Turks | 2,680 | 31.1 | 1,555 | 30.8 |
Macedonians | 4,349 | 50.5 | 1,474 | 29.2 |
Albanians | 1,483 | 17.2 | 470 | 9.3 |
others (predominantly Torbeši) | 106 | 1.2 | 1,138 | 22.6 |
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | n/a | n/a | 405 | 8.04 |
- Religious affiliation according to the 2002 and 2021 Macedonian censuses:
2002 | 2021 | |||
Number | % | Number | % | |
TOTAL | 8,618 | 100 | 5,042 | 100 |
Islam | 7,627 | 88.5 | 3,669 | 72.8 |
Orthodox | 848 | 9.84 | 700 | 18.9 |
Christians | 0 | 0.00 | 254 | |
Catholics | 14 | 0.16 | 1 | |
others | 129 | 1.50 | 13 | 0.26 |
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | n/a | 405 | 8.04 |
Mother tongues declared, per the 2021 census, include the following:[2]
- Macedonian: 4,120 (81.2%)
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources: 405 (8.0%)
- Albanian: 355 (7.0%)
- Turkish: 138 (2.7%)
- Others: 24 (0.5%)
Notable people
[edit]- Josif Bageri
- Čede Filipovski Dame
- Golub Janić
- Josif Mihajlović Jurukovski
- Doksim Mihailović
- Georgi Pulevski
- Aleksandar Sarievski
- Kuzman Sotirović
- Vuča Žikić
- Parteniy Zografski
- Lazar Ličenoski
- Slavko Brezoski