Prilep Municipality
Municipality of Prilep
Општина Прилеп | |
|---|---|
Urban municipality | |
| Location of Municipality of Prilep | |
| Country | File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia |
| Region | File:Logo of Pelagonia Region.svg Pelagonia |
| Municipal seat | Prilep |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Borče Jovčeski VMRO-DPMNE |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,194.44 km2 (461.18 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 69,025 |
| • Density | 64.27/km2 (166.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Area code | 048 |
| car plates | PP |
| Website | http://www.Prilep.gov.mk |
Prilep (Macedonian: Прилеп [ˈpriːlɛp] ) is a municipality in the south of North Macedonia. Prilep is also the name of the city where the municipal seat is found. It is located in the Pelagonia Statistical Region.
Geography
The municipality borders Čaška and Dolneni municipalities to the north, Kavadarci Municipality to the east, Krivogaštani, Mogila and Novaci municipalities to the west, and Greece to the south. The municipality spreads over the northeastern part of the Pelagonia valley, it takes contains much of the Mariovo region.
Demographics
The population of the municipality is 69,025.[1] According to the 2021 North Macedonia census the majority in the municipality is represented by the ethnics Macedonians.
| 2002 | 2021 | |||
| Number | % | Number | % | |
| TOTAL | 76,768 | 100 | 69,025 | 100 |
| Macedonians | 70,878 | 92.33 | 58,349 | 84,53 |
| Roma | 4,433 | 5.77 | 3,966 | 5.75 |
| Turks | 917 | 1.19 | 1,060 | 1.54 |
| Albanians | 22 | 0.03 | 127 | 0.18 |
| Bosniaks | 86 | 0.11 | 117 | 0.17 |
| Serbs | 172 | 0.22 | 113 | 0.16 |
| Vlachs | 17 | 0.02 | 30 | 0.04 |
| Other / Undeclared / Unknown | 243 | 0.33 | 304 | 0.45 |
| Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | 4,959 | 7.18 | ||
Inhabited places
The number of the inhabited places in the municipality is 59. There are one city and 58 villages. Many villages have small populations or are even abandoned.
References
- ↑ "Попис на населението, домаќинствата и становите во Република Северна Македонија, 2021 - прв сет на податоци" (PDF). stat.gov.mk. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
External links
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- Articles with short description
- Short description with empty Wikidata description
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- Pages with Macedonian IPA
- Pages including recorded pronunciations
- Coordinates not on Wikidata
- Prilep Municipality
- Pelagonia Statistical Region
- Municipalities of North Macedonia
- Romani communities in North Macedonia