Southwest Region (North Macedonia)
The Southwest region ( Albanian Rajoni jugperëndimor ; Macedonian Југозападен регион Jugozapaden region ) is one of the eight statistical regions , the highest administrative level in the Republic of North Macedonia . The administrative unit is divided into 13 opštini , which represent the lowest administrative level. The region is located in the southwest of the country and borders on Lake Ohrid and Albania . Neighboring regions are Polog in the north, Skopje and Vardar in the northeast and Pelagonia in the east .
Regions in North Macedonia do not fulfill any administrative tasks, but are only there for purely statistical purposes. In some cases, however, they form historical regions that are and were economically and culturally linked.
structure
The south-west region is made up of the following 13 opštini:
- Centar Župa
- Debar
- Debarca
- Drugovo
- Kičevo
- Makedonski Brod
- Ohrid
- Oslomej
- Plasnica
- Struga
- Vevčani
- Vraneštica
- Zajas
population
population
year | Residents | change |
---|---|---|
1994 | 211,046 | - |
2002 | 221,651 | + 5.89% |
Biggest places
rank | city | Residents |
---|---|---|
1 | Ohrid | 42.003 |
2 | Kičevo | 30,138 |
3 | Struga | 16,559 |
4th | Debar | 14,561 |
5 | Zajas | 4,712 |
Ethnic structure
The Macedonians represent the largest ethnic group , followed by the Albanians and Turks .
number | % | |
All in all | 221,651 | 100 |
Macedonians | 107,565 | 48.52 |
Albanians | 82,418 | 37.18 |
Turks | 21,266 | 9.59 |
Roma | 2,813 | 1.26 |
Other | 4,285 | 1.93 |
swell
- numbers
- Final results of the 2002 census (2.18 MB; English; PDF), published by the Macedonian Statistics Office, last accessed on March 25, 2011
- Edition of publications of the Census of population, households and dwellings, 2002 , selection of various publications of the 2002 census by the Macedonian Statistics Office, last accessed on March 25, 2011
- Names
- Ministry of Local Self-Government (Macedonian and Albanian), last accessed March 25, 2011