Polog Statistical Region

Polog Statistical Region

Полошки Регион
Rajoni i Pollogut
Polog Statistical Region Полошки Регион ; Rajoni i Pollogut
statistical region
Area
• Total	2,479 km2 (957 sq mi)
Population (2018)
• Total	322,338
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
HDI (2017)	0.739; high · 6th of 8

The Polog Statistical Region (Macedonian: Полошки Регион; Albanian:Rajoni i Pollogut) is one of eight statistical regions of the Republic of North Macedonia. Polog, located in the northwestern part of the country, borders Albania and Kosovo^[a]. Internally, it borders the Southwestern and Skopje statistical regions.

Municipalities[]

The municipalities of the Polog statistical region

Polog is divided into 9 municipalities:

Demographics[]

Map of the majority ethnic groups in the region.

Population[]

The current population of the Polog statistical region is 304,125 citizens, according to the last population census in 2002.

Census Year	Population	Change
1994	282,432	N/A
2002	304,125	+8.24%

Ethnicities[]

Polog is the only statistical region in North Macedonia where Macedonians are not the majority.

	Number	%
TOTAL	304,125	100
Albanians	222,679	73.2
Macedonians	56,079	18.4
Turks	17,386	5.7
Roma	4,594	1.4
others	3,387	1.1

Notes[]

a.

^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as a part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognised as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states have recognised Kosovo at some point, of which 15 states later withdrew their recognition.