List of cities in North Macedonia

Location of the 34 cities of North Macedonia

The following list represents the 34 cities in North Macedonia .

Basic information on the classification of localities

The villages ( Macedonian naseleni mesta ) Nordmazedoniens after settlement geographical and socio-economic criteria in urban (cities, mazed. Gradovi ) and rural (villages, mazed. Sela ) divided. There are currently a total of 1762 localities in North Macedonia, of which 34 are cities and 1728 villages.

141 of the rural settlements no longer have permanent residents due to depopulation, and many of the other rural settlements also have very few inhabitants. 57.8% of the inhabitants of North Macedonia live in the 34 urban settlements, 20.5% alone in the largest city of Skopje , which is also the only place with more than 100,000 inhabitants.

This classification of the localities is independent of the political division of North Macedonia into 84 municipalities . Ten of the municipalities are wholly or partly within the urban area of ​​Skopje; At the political level, these together form the city ​​of Skopje , a local authority with a special status. The remaining 33 urban localities are each capital of a municipality of the same name. 41 other municipalities consist exclusively of rural areas.

Statistical overview of the localities in North Macedonia
Size class (population)	Number of villages	Total population of the villages	Number of cities	Total population of the cities
0	141	0	-	-
1 - 50	455	9,290	-	-
51-100	180	12,906	-	-
101-200	208	30,087	-	-
201-500	294	96,769	-	-
501-1000	210	152.214	-	-
1001-5000	226	460,859	5	17,247
5001 - 10,000	14th	90,479	7th	47,876
10,001-20,000	-	-	9	126,979
20,001-50,000	-	-	8th	289.185
50,001 - 100,000	-	-	4th	273,444
100,000 +	-	-	1	415.212
total	1728		34

list

The following table contains all 34 cities in North Macedonia with official city names, number of city residents, number of inhabitants of the Opština and statistical region . All figures come from an estimate for 2016.

Official Macedonian Latin name	Official Macedonian Cyrillic name	Official Albanian name	City population	Population of the Opština	Statistical region
Skopje	Скопје	Shkupi / Shkup	505,400	624,585	Skopje
Kumanovo	Куманово	Kumanova / Kumanovë	73,360	109,228	Northeast
Bitola	Битола	Manastiri / Manastir	71,890	91,983	Pelagonia
Prilep	Прилеп	Përlepi / Përlep	64,830	75,132	Pelagonia
Tetovo	Тетово	Tetova / Tetovë	56,080	91,760	Polog
Štip	Штип	Shtipi / Shtip	44,510	48,735	east
Veles	Велес	Qypriliu / Qyprili	43,140	54,384	Vardar
Ohrid	Охрид	Ohri / Ohër	38,900	51,591	southwest
Gostivar	Гостивар	Gostivari / Gostivar	37.030	83,725	Polog
Strumica	Струмица	Strumica / Strumicë	36,920	57,175	southeast
Kavadarci	Кавадарци	Kavadari / Kavadar	29,290	38,875	Vardar
Kočani	Кочани	Koçani / Koçan	28,080	37,758	east
Kičevo	Кичево	Kërçova / Kërçovë	27,160	56,937	southwest
Struga	Струга	Struga / Strugë	17,190	65,801	southwest
Radoviš	Радовиш	Radovishti / Radovisht	16,710	29,100	southeast
Debar	Дебар	Dibra / Dibër	15,550	20,863	southwest
Gevgelija	Гевгелија	Gjevgjelia / Gjevgjeli	15,490	22,706	southeast
Kriva Palanka	Крива Паланка	Krivaji / Krivaj	13,940	19,930	Northeast
Negotino	Неготино	Negotina / Negotinë	13,360	19,327	Vardar
Sveti Nikole	Свети Николе	Shën Nikolli / Shën Nikollë	13,140	18,497	east
Delčevo	Делчево	Dellçeva / Dellçevë	10,620	16,170	east
Vinica	Виница	Vinica / Vinicë	10,560	19,391	east
Resen	Ресен	Resnja / Resnjë	8,480	16,313	Pelagonia
Probištip	Пробиштип	Probishtipi / Probishtip	8,120	15,085	east
Berovo	Берово	Berova / Berovë	6,440	12,813	east
Kratovo	Кратово	Kratova / Kratovë	6.220	9,376	Northeast
Bogdanci	Богданци	Bogdanca / Bogdancë	5,650	8,178	southeast
Kruševo	Крушево	Krusheva / Krushevë	5,180	9,418	Pelagonia
Makedonska Kamenica	Македонска Каменица	Kamenica / Kamenicë	4,780	7,524	east
Valandovo	Валандово	Vallandova / Vallandovë	4,402	11,773	southeast
Makedonski Brod	Македонски Брод	Brodi / Brod	3,740	7.141	southwest
Demir Kapija	Демир Капија	Hekurasi / Hekuras	3,170	4,039	Vardar
Pehčevo	Пехчево	Peçeva / Peçevë	3,037	4,881	east
Demir Hisar	Демир Хисар	Murgashova / Murgashovë	2,593	8,177	Pelagonia

Web links

• State Statistical Office (Macedonian and English)
• City Population - Historical population figures for the cities of Macedonia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Република Македонија. Државен завод за статистика: Македонија во бројки, Скопје 2008 (PDF; 6.3 MB), p. 10. On p. 5, the number of 1767 localities is given, but the sum of the numbers on p. 10 is 1762.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Република Македонија. Државен завод за статистика: Македонија во бројки, Скопје 2008 (PDF; 6.3 MB), p. 10.
3. ↑ Database of the Ministry for Local Self-Government on the municipalities of North Macedonia ( Memento of the original from July 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. and Државен завод за статистика (State Statistical Office): Систематски список на општини и населени места; места места места file system xМ Републини и населени места , 232 municipalities in the Republic and Macedonia file system xМко Републатика ; 
4. ↑ Попис на Македонија 2002 (PDF; 2.3 MB), Завод за статистика на Македонија. (Macedonian)
5. ↑ Source: Database of the State Statistical Office of the Republic of North Macedonia - Попис на население, 2002 (2002 census) ( Memento of the original from February 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ Република Македонија. Државен завод за статистика: Македонија во бројки, Скопје 2008 (PDF; 6.3 MB), p. 10. The number for the urban town of Skopje is compulsory from the table there, although it is not explicitly mentioned as such in North Macedonia there is only one urban village with more than 100,000 inhabitants.
7. ↑ Total number of inhabitants of the 10 municipalities of the city of Skopje.