Lipkovo ( mk, , sq, Likovë) is a municipality in the north 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 Yugoslavia. It ...

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Lipkovo Lipkovo ( mk, , sq, Likovë) is a village in North Macedonia. It is the seat of Lipkovo Municipality. History Lipkovo was a central strategic village during the 2001 armed conflict between the Albanian National Liberation Army and the Maced ...

'' is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Lipkovo Municipality is part of the

Northeastern Statistical Region The Northeastern Statistical Region ( mk, Североисточен Регион; Albanian: Rajoni verilindor) is one of eight arbitrary statistical regions in North Macedonia. It borders Kosovo and Serbia to the north and Bulgaria to the ea ...

Geography

The municipality borders

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to the north,

Čučer-Sandevo Municipality Čučer-Sandevo Municipality ( mk, , sq, Çuçer) is a municipality in northern part of North Macedonia. '' Čučer-Sandevo'' is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. It is located in the Skopje Statistical Region. Ge ...

to the west, the

City of Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...

to the southwest,

Aračinovo Municipality Aračinovo Municipality ( mk, Арачиново , sq, Komuna e Haraçinës) is a municipality in the northern part of Republic of North Macedonia. '' Aračinovo'' is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. The municipal ...

to the south and

Kumanovo Municipality Kumanovo ( mk, Куманово ; ) is a municipality located in the northern part of North Macedonia. ''Kumanovo'' is also the name of the city where the municipal seat is found. Kumanovo Municipality is part of the Northeastern Statistical Reg ...

to the east.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Macedonian census, Lipkovo Municipality has 22,308 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the municipality:

Timeline of Lipkovo Municipality

Installation of Municipality

* 1996 Municipality inaugurated

21st century

*2000 Usamedin Alili elected Mayor *2001

Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia The 2001 insurgency in Macedonia was an armed conflict which began when the ethnic Albanian National Liberation Army (NLA) militant group, formed from veterans of the Kosovo War and Insurgency in the Preševo Valley, attacked Macedonian sec ...

** Operation MH - 2,

Operation Vaksince Operation Vaksince was a military operation launched by the Macedonian security forces against Albanian insurgents belonging to the NLA, which was at the time launching a campaign of guerrilla attacks against facilities of the Macedonian Govern ...

, Kumanovo Water Crisis 2001, Operation Essential Harvest *2002 Population: 27,058 *2005 Bekjir Sakipi elected Mayor *2008

formed *2009 Sadula Duraki elected Mayor *2011 Ismet Jashari monument built in Ropaljce *2012 Hospital built *2013 Sadula Duraki elected Mayor 2nd term *2015 Gošince attack

People

Ismet Jashari Ismet Jashari (16 April 1967 – 25 August 1998) also known as Commander Kumanova (), was an Albanian soldier of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) who was killed on 25 August 1998 during the fighting with Serbian forces in Klečke, Kosovo. The Is ...

, from OrizariНезавршен Мир, Јадранка Костова, Бета Пресс 2003, стр. 207, KLA fighter,

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Culture

* Matejče Monastery * Halit Efendi Mosque * Jusuf Efendi Mosque

References

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