Kičevo Municipality ( mk, Кичево; sq, Kërçovë) is a municipality in the western part of

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...

. The municipal seat is the city of Kičevo. Kičevo Municipality is located in the

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Geography

The municipality borders

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to the northwest,

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to the west,

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to the north,

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and

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municipalities to the east,

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to the south, and

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to the southwest.

Demographics

According to the last national census from 2002 the municipality, prior to territorial adjustments in 2013, had 30,138 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the municipality included: *Macedonians = 16,140 (53.6%) *Albanians = 9,202 (30.5%) *Turks = 2,430 (8.1%) *Roma = 1,630 (5.4%) *others. Following the territorial adjustments in March 2013, the municipalities of Drugovo, Vraneštica, Zajas and

Oslomej Oslomej ( mk, , sq, Osllomej) is a village in Kičevo Municipality in North Macedonia. It was the seat of the now-defunct Oslomej Municipality and is the birthplace of Yoakim Karchovski Yoakim Karchovski ( bg, Йоаким Кърчовски; m ...

have been combined with Kičevo Municipality. Ethnic groups in the larger Kičevo Municipality, according to the 2002 and 2021 censuses2002 census results
in English and Macedonian (PDF) include:

History

On 26 November 2019, an earthquake struck Albania and Kičevo Municipality sent €12,000 for relief efforts.

References

External links

Official website

Portal Kicevo
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