Kočani Municipality
Municipality of Kočani
Општина Кочани | |
|---|---|
Urban municipality | |
| Location of Municipality of Kočani | |
| Country | File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia |
| Region | File:Logo of Eastern Region, North Macedonia.svg Eastern |
| Municipal seat | Kočani |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Venko Krstevski |
| Area | |
• Total | 375.44 km2 (144.96 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 31,602 |
| • Density | 84.173/km2 (218.01/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Postal code | 2300 |
| Area code | 033 |
| Vehicle registration | KO |
| ISO 3166-2 | MK-42 |
| Website | http://www.kocani.gov.mk |
Kočani (Macedonian: Кочани [ˈkɔtʃani] Audio file "Mk-Kochani.ogg" not found) is a municipality in the eastern part of North Macedonia. Kočani is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is located. The municipality is part of the Eastern Statistical Region.
Geography
[edit | edit source]The municipality borders the Kriva Palanka Municipality to the north, Kratovo Municipality and Probištip Municipality to the west, Makedonska Kamenica Municipality and Vinica Municipality to the east, and the Češinovo-Obleševo Municipality and Zrnovci Municipality to the south.
History
[edit | edit source]By the 2003 territorial division of the Republic, the rural Orizari Municipality was annexed to the Kočani Municipality.
Demographics
[edit | edit source]There are 31,602 residents of the Kočani Municipality, according to the 2021 North Macedonia census.[1] Ethnic groups in the Kočani municipality:
| 2002 | 2021 | |||
| Number | % | Number | % | |
| TOTAL | 38,092 | 100 | 31,602 | 100 |
| Macedonians | 35,472 | 93.12 | 26,798 | 84.8 |
| Roma | 1,951 | 5.12 | 1,892 | 5.99 |
| Vlachs | 194 | 0.51 | 170 | 0.54 |
| Turks | 315 | 0.82 | 138 | 0.44 |
| Serbs | 67 | 0.175 | 37 | 0.11 |
| Albanians | 1 | 0.005 | 15 | 0.04 |
| Bosniaks | 2 | 0.01 | 14 | 0.03 |
| Other / Undeclared / Unknown | 90 | 0.27 | 139 | 0.46 |
| Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | 2,399 | 7.59 | ||
| Demographics of the Kočani Municipality | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census year | Population | Territorial Division 2003 | ||
| 1994 | 32,051 | |||
| 38 092 | ||||
| 2002 | 33,689 | |||
| 2021 | 31,602 | |||
| Demographics of the former Orizari Municipality | ||
|---|---|---|
| Census year | Population | |
| 1994 | 4,724 | |
| 2002 | 4,403 | |
Settlements
[edit | edit source]| Inhabited places in the Kočani Municipality | ||
|---|---|---|
| Villages: Bezikovo (Безиково) | Beli (Бели) | Vraninci (Вранинци) | Gorni Podlog (Горни Подлог) | Gorno Gradče (Горно Градче) | Glavovica (Главовица) | Grdovci (Грдовци) | Dolni Podlog (Долни Подлог) | Dolno Gradče (Долно Градче) | Jastrebnik (Јастребник) | Kostin Dol (Костин Дол) | Leški (Лешки) | Mojanci Selo (Мојанци) | Nebojanci (Небојани) | Nivičani (Нивичани) | Novo Selo (Ново Село) | Orizari (Оризари) | Pantelej (Пантелеј) | Pašaďikovo (Пашаџиково) | Polaki (Полаки) | Preseka (Пресека) | Pribačevo (Прибачево) | Pripor (Припор) | Rajčani (Рајчани) | Rečani (Речани) | Trkanje (Тркање) | Crvena Niva (Црвена Нива) |
Town: Kočani (Кочани) | ||
References
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External links
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