East Region (North Macedonia)

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The east region within North Macedonia

The East Region ( Macedonian Источен регион Istočen region ) is one of the eight statistical regions in the Republic of North Macedonia . It is located in the eastern part of the country and borders Bulgaria . It also shares borders with the regions of Vardar , Skopje , Northeast and Southeast .

Regions in Macedonia do not perform 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

structure

The East Region is made up of the following 13 Opštini:

  1. Berovo
  2. Češinovo-Obleševo
  3. Delčevo
  4. Karbinci
  5. Kočani
  6. Lozovo
  7. Makedonska Kamenica
  8. Pehčevo
  9. Probištip
  10. Štip
  11. Sveti Nikole
  12. Vinica
  13. Zrnovci

population

Štip is one of the largest cities in East-North Macedonia and an important agricultural location in North Macedonia.

population

According to the 2002 census, the population of the East region was 203,213 people.

year Residents change
1994 201,525 -
2002 203.213 +1.94%

Biggest places

rank city population
1 Štip 40,016
2 Kočani 28,330
3 Probištip 16,193
4th Sveti Nikole 13,746
5 Delčevo 11,500

Ethnic structure

number %
total 203.213 100
Macedonians 188,522 92.77
Roma 6,927 3.40
Turks 2,636 1.29
Wallachians 2,514 1.23
Other 2,614 1.28

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