Makedonski Brod Municipality
Makedonski Brod Municipality
Општина Македонски Брод | |
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Urban municipality | |
 Flag .svg) Coat of arms | |
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| Country |  North Macedonia |
| Region |  Southwestern |
| Municipal seat | Makedonski Brod |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Žarko Risteski (VMRO-DPMNE) |
| Area | |
• Total | 888.97 km2 (343.23 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 5,889 |
| • Density | 8.03/km2 (20.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Area code | 045 |
| Website | http://www.MBrod.gov.mk/ |
Makedonski Brod (Macedonian: Македонски Брод [maˈkɛdɔnski brɔt] ) 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
- In the 2021 North Macedonia census, the municipality of Makedonski Brod had 5,889 people.[2]
| 2002 | 2021 | |||
| Number | % | Number | % | |
| TOTAL | 7,141 | 100 | 5,889 | 100 |
| Macedonians | 6,927 | 97 | 5,367 | 91.14 |
| Turks | 181 | 2.53 | 241 | 4.09 |
| Albanians | 38 | 0.65 | ||
| Roma | 18 | 0.31 | ||
| Serbs | 22 | 0.31 | 10 | 0.17 |
| Bosniaks | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 0.02 |
| Other / Undeclared / Unknown | 7 | 0.11 | 10 | 0.16 |
| Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | 204 | 3.46 | ||
Notable people
[edit]- Gjurčin Naumov - Pljakot, revolutionary, born in Slansko[3]
- 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
- Ilija Slanštanec, writer and historian, born in Slansko[4]
- Dane Stojanović, Macedonian Serb Chetnik, born in Krapa
- Božidar Vidoeski, linguist, born in Zvečan[5]
References
[edit]- ^ 2002 census results in English and Macedonian (PDF)
- ^ "Попис на населението, домаќинствата и становите во Република Северна Македонија, 2021 - прв сет на податоци" (PDF). stat.gov.mk. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ 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.
