Southeast Region (North Macedonia)

The location of the southeast region within North Macedonia

The Southeast Region ( Macedonian Југоисточен регион Jugoistočen region ) is one of the eight statistical regions , the highest administrative level in North Macedonia . The administrative unit is divided into 10 municipalities, which represent the lowest administrative level. The region is located in the south-east of the country and borders Bulgaria and Greece . Neighboring regions are the east region in the north and the Vardar region in the west .

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 southeast region is made up of the following ten opštini:

population

Strumica is the economic and cultural center of the region and at the same time the largest city.

The Dojran is the largest lake Ostmazedoniens.

population

year	Residents	change
1994	167.941	-
2002	171,416	+ 3.13%

Biggest places

rank	city	Residents
1	Strumica	35,311
2	Radoviš	16,223
3	Gevgelija	15,685
4th	Bogdanci	06.011
5	Valandovo	04,402

Ethnic structure

The Macedonians represent the largest ethnic group , followed by the Turks and the Serbs .

	number	%
All in all	171,416	100
Macedonians	154,957	90.39
Turks	012,661	07.38
Serbs	001,194	00.69
Other	002,604	01.51

Web links

numbers

Final results of the 2002 census (PDF; 2.18 MB; English), published by the Macedonian Statistical Office; Retrieved September 9, 2011

Names

Ministry of Local Self-Government (Macedonian, Albanian and English); Retrieved September 9, 2011