Oslomej Municipality

Oslomej Municipality Општина Осломеј Komuna e Osllomejit
Municipality
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Country	Republic of North Macedonia
region	Southwestern Statistical Region
Municipal seat	Oslomej
Population
• Total	10,420
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Split from	Kičevo Municipality in 1996
Merged into	Kičevo Municipality in 2013

Oslomej (Macedonian: Осломеј (help·info), Albanian: Osllomej) is a former municipality in western Republic of North Macedonia, created in 1996 territorial organisation and dissolved following the 2013 Macedonian new territorial organisation, after it was merged with Kičevo Municipality.^[1]

• Oslomej is also the name of the village where the municipal seat was found.
  • Oslomej Municipality was part of the Southwestern Statistical Region.

Geography[]

The municipality bordered

• Makedonski Brod Municipality to the east,
• Vraneštica Municipality to the south,
• Kičevo Municipality to the southwest,
• Zajas Municipality to the west, and
• Gostivar Municipality to the north.

Demographics[]

According to the last national census from 2002, this municipality has 10,420 inhabitants.^[2]

• Ethnic groups in the municipality include:
  • Albanians = 10,252 (98.4%)
  • Macedonians = 110 (1.1%)
  • others = 58 (0.6%)

The total number of students in the municipality in 2011, in comparison to the total number of students in 2007, declined for 36.8%. Oslomej is the first municipality in North Macedonia by the decline of the total number of students.^[3]

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oslomej Municipality.

• Official website

Coordinates: 41°33′N 20°59′E / 41.55°N 20.98°E / 41.55; 20.98