Debarca Municipality
Debarca municipality
Општина Дебарца | |
|---|---|
Rural municipality | |
| Location of Debarca municipality | |
| Country | File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia |
| Region | File:Logo of Southwestern Region, North Macedonia.svg Southwestern |
| Municipal seat | Belčišta |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Zlatko Siljanoski (VMRO-DPMNE)[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 425.39 km2 (164.24 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 3,719 |
| • Density | 12.95/km2 (33.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Area code | 046 |
| Vehicle registration | OH |
| Website | Official |
Debarca (Macedonian: Audio file "Mk-Debarca.ogg" not found) is a municipality in the Southwestern Statistical Region of North Macedonia. The village of Belčišta is the municipal seat. It is the municipality in which Ohrid "St. Paul the Apostle" Airport is located, the second of two international airports in the county.
Geography
[edit | edit source]The municipality borders Kičevo Municipality to the northeast, Demir Hisar Municipality to the east, Ohrid Municipality to the south, and Struga Municipality to the west.
The municipality encompasses the Debarca Valley, part of the Sateska River watershed that flows into Lake Ohrid and belongs to the Lake Ohrid Drainage Basin.
The majority of the villages are nestled between the Karaorman Mountain in the west and Ilinska Mountain in the east.
Demographics
[edit | edit source]The municipality consists of 30 villages. According to the 2021 North Macedonia census, this municipality has 3,719 inhabitants.[2]
| 2002 | 2021 | |||
| Number | % | Number | % | |
| TOTAL | 5,507 | 100 | 3,719 | 100 |
| Macedonians | 5,324 | 96.68 | 3,330 | 89.54 |
| Albanians | 153 | 2.78 | 59 | 1.59 |
| Bosniaks | 3 | 0.08 | ||
| Turks | 2 | 0.04 | 2 | 0.05 |
| Serbs | 8 | 0.15 | 1 | 0.03 |
| Vlachs | 1 | 0.01 | ||
| Other / Undeclared / Unknown | 19 | 0.34 | 8 | 0.21 |
| Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | 316 | 8.5 | ||
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Local Elections 2025 – Mayor of Debarca. State Election Commission.
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