Saraj Municipality
Municipality of Saraj
Општина Сарај Komuna e Sarajit | |
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Rural municipality | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
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| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region | Skopje Statistical Region |
| Municipal seat | Skopje |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bekim Murati (DUI) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 229.06 km2 (88.44 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 35,408 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Website | http://www.saraj.gov.mk |
Saraj (Macedonian: , Albanian: Saraj) is one of the ten municipalities that make up the city of Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia.
- Saraj, which means "palace" in Turkish, is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found.
- It is a rural municipality and it is not part of Skopje proper.
Geography
Saraj borders
- Jegunovce Municipality to the northwest,
- Želino Municipality to the southwest,
- Sopište Municipality to the south,
- Karpoš Municipality and Gjorče Petrov Municipality to the east, and
- Kosovo to the north.
Demographics
According to the last national census from 2002, Saraj has 35,408 inhabitants.[1]
Ethnic groups in the municipality include:
- Albanians = 32,408 (91.5%)
- Macedonians = 1,377 (3.9%)
- Bosniaks = 1,120 (3.2%)
- others.
Twin towns
Twin municipalities
References
- ^ 2002 census results in English and Macedonian (PDF)
- ^ Komuna e Sarajit binjakëzim me komunën turke Uskudar Archived 2012-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, INA, 2012-06-01 (in Albanian)
