Makedonski Brod Municipality
Makedonski Brod Municipality
Општина Македонски Брод | |
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Urban municipality | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
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| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Southwestern |
| Municipal seat | Makedonski Brod |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Milosim Vojneski (VMRO-DPMNE) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 888.97 km2 (343.23 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 7,141 |
| • Density | 8.03/km2 (20.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Area code(s) | 045 |
| Website | http://www.MBrod.gov.mk/ |
Makedonski Brod (Macedonian: Македонски Брод [maˈkɛdɔnski brɔt] (
listen)) is a municipality in western North Macedonia, named after the town of Makedonski Brod, where the municipal seat is located. Makedonski Brod Municipality is part of the Southwestern Statistical Region.
Geography[]
The municipality borders
- Želino Municipality and Brvenica Municipality to the north,
- Studeničani and Sopište municipalities to the northeast,
- Čaška and Dolneni municipalities to the southeast,
- Kruševo Municipality to the south,
- Plasnica Municipality to the southwest,
- Kičevo Municipality to the west, and
- Gostivar Municipality to the northwest.
The municipality includes the Kozjak Hydro Power Plant and the associated artificial lake, the largest such lake in the country.
Demographics[]
By the August 2004 territorial division of Macedonia, the rural Samokov Municipality was attached to Makedonski Brod Municipality, which then totaled 7,141 inhabitants.[1] Before the merge,
- the municipality of Makedonski Brod had 5,517 inhabitants in 1994 and 5,558 in 2002.
- Samokov Municipality had 2,057 inhabitants in 1994 and 1,553 in 2002.
Ethnic groups in the municipality:
- Macedonians: 6,927 (97.0%)
- Turks: 181 (2.5%)
- Others: 33 (0.5%)
Notable people[]
- , revolutionary, born in Slansko[2]
- Tasa Konević, Macedonian Serb Chetnik, born in Krapa
- Micko Krstić, Macedonian Serb Chetnik, born in Latovo
- Zafir Premčević, Macedonian Serb Chetnik, born in Ljupšte
- Trenko Rujanović, Macedonian Serb Chetnik, born in Krapa
- , writer and historian, born in Slansko[3]
- Dane Stojanović, Macedonian Serb Chetnik, born in Krapa
- , linguist, born in Zvečan[4]
References[]
- ^ 2002 census results in English and Macedonian (PDF)
- ^ Николов, Борис. ВМОРО - псевдоними и шифри 1893-1934, Звезди, 1999, стр.79
- ^ Ристе Наумовски, „Предговор“, во: Илија Сланштанец, По стапки од младост - раскази од младежта, Скопје, 1959, стр. 6.
- ^ "БИБЛИОГРАФИЈА НА ТРУДОВИТЕ НА АКАДЕМИК БОЖИДАР ВИДОЕСКИ". MANU. Archived from the original on 12 December 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
External links[]
Categories:
- Makedonski Brod Municipality
- Municipalities of North Macedonia