Opština Ohrid

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Opština Ohrid
Општина Охрид
Komuna e Ohrit
Coat of arms of Opština Ohrid
Map of North Macedonia, position of Opština Ohrid highlighted
Basic data
Region : southwest
Coordinates : 41 ° 8 '  N , 20 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 8 '26 "  N , 20 ° 48' 9"  E
Area (Opština) : 389.93  km²
Inhabitants (Opština) : 54,380 (2002)
Population density : 139 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code : (+389) 046
Postal code : 6000
License plate : OH
Structure and administration
Mayor : Jovan Stojanoski ( SDSM )
Website :

The Opština Ohrid ( Macedonian Општина Охрид , Albanian  Komuna e Ohrit ) is an Opština of North Macedonia and is located in the southwest of the country on Lake Ohrid . It is named after its administrative seat, Ohrid , and is part of the south-west region .

geography

The Opština of Ohrid borders on Debarca to the north and west , Demir Hisar to the northeast and Resen to the east . Lake Ohrid forms the natural administrative border in the southwest and west.

population

According to the 2002 census, the population was made up as follows (the former Opština Kosel is not included in these figures, as the number of Opštini was not changed until later in 2004 through a reform):

Ethnicity Share absolute percentage
Macedonians 45,985 84.6%
Albanians 2,962 5.4%
Turks 2,268 4.2%
Wallachians 323 0.6%
Roma 69 0.1%
Serbs 360 0.7%
Bosniaks 29 0.05%
Other 2,384 4.4%
Total 54,380

At that time, Orthodox Christianity had 46,103, Islam 7,684 and the Catholic Church 131.

structure

In addition to the city of Ohrid, the Opština comprises 29 villages: Dolno Lakočerej , Elšani , Elešec , Gorno Lakočerej , Konjsko , Kosel, Kuratica , Lagadin , Leskoec , Livoišta , Ljubaništa , Openica , Orman , Peštani , Plakje , Podmolje , Rača, Ramino , Rečica , Sirula , Skrebatno , Sveti Stefan , Sviništa , Šipokno , Trpejca , Vapila , Velestovo , Velgošti and Zavoj .

View of the fishing village Peštani on Lake Ohrid in summer 2010

Web links

Commons : Opština Ohrid  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Census in Macedonia of 2002: Results (English and Macedonian; PDF; 2.3 MB)