Debar Municipality
Municipality of Debar
Општина Дебар Komuna e Dibrës | |
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Urban municipality | |
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Official logo of Municipality of Debar Coat of arms | |
| Location of Municipality of Debar | |
| Country | File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia |
| Region | File:Logo of Southwestern Region, North Macedonia.svg Southwestern |
| Municipal seat | Debar |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Fisnik Mela (VLEN) |
| Area | |
• Total | 145.67 km2 (56.24 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 15,412 |
| • Density | 134.15/km2 (347.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Area code | +389 46 |
| Vehicle registration | DB |
| Website | Official Website |
Debar (Macedonian: Општина Дебар [ˈdɛːbar] Audio file "Mk-Debar.ogg" not found, Albanian: Komuna e Dibrës) is a municipality in western part of Republic of North Macedonia. Debar is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Debar Municipality is part of the Southwestern Statistical Region.
Geography
[edit | edit source]The municipality borders Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality to the northeast, Kičevo Municipality to the southeast, Centar Župa Municipality to the south, and Albania to the west.
Demographics
[edit | edit source]According to the 2021 North Macedonia census, this municipality has 15,412 inhabitants.[1]
Ethnic groups in the municipality include:
| 2002 | 2021 | |||
| Number | % | Number | % | |
| TOTAL | 19,542 | 100 | 15,412 | 100 |
| Albanians | 11,348 | 58.07 | 8,438 | 54.75 |
| Turks | 2,684 | 13.74 | 2,733 | 17.73 |
| Macedonians | 3,911 | 20.01 | 1,155 | 7.49 |
| Roma | 1,080 | 5.53 | 1,140 | 7.4 |
| Bosniaks | 3 | 0.02 | 8 | 0.05 |
| Serbs | 22 | 0.11 | 5 | 0.03 |
| Vlachs | 2 | 0.01 | 2 | 0.01 |
| Other / Undeclared / Unknown | 492 | 2.52 | 432 | 2.81 |
| Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | 1,499 | 9.73 | ||
Mother tongues in Debar Municipality include:[2]
- Albanian: 9,232 (59.9%)
- Macedonian: 4,466 (29.0%)
- Turkish: 189 (1.2%)
- Others: 26 (0.1%)
- Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources: 1,499 (9.7%)
Demographic development of Debar municipality within today borders.[3]
| Census year | Total | Macedonians | % | Albanians | % | Turks | % | Roma | % | Vlachs | Serbs | Bosniaks | Other | Persons for whom data are
taken from administrative sources |
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| 1953 | 10,258 | 3,392 | 33.07 | 5,819 | 56.73 | 776 | 7.56 | 83 | 0.81 | 2 | 114 | 0 | 72 | / |
| 1961 | 11,162 | 2,025 | 18.14 | 6,476 | 58.02 | 2,002 | 17.94 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 86 | 0 | 573 | / |
| 1971 | 13,802 | 2,022 | 14.65 | 8,793 | 63.71 | 2,414 | 17.49 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 106 | 0 | 467 | / |
| 1981 | 16,952 | 2,358 | 13.91 | 9,981 | 58.88 | 1,130 | 6.67 | 1,030 | 6.08 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 2,416 | / |
| 1994 | 19,010 | 4,266 | 22.44 | 10,935 | 57.52 | 1,875 | 9.86 | 1,103 | 5.80 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 796 | / |
| 2002 | 19,542 | 3,911 | 20.02 | 11,348 | 58.09 | 2,684 | 13.74 | 1,080 | 5.53 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 492 | / |
| 2021 | 15,412 | 1,155 | 7.49 | 8,438 | 54.75 | 2,733 | 17.73 | 1,140 | 7.4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 432 | 1,499 |
References
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- ^ 2021 census, municipality by mother tongue
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External links
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