Makedonska Kamenica ( mk, Македонска Каменица ; till 1950 Kamenica) is a town in the north-east 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 ...
. It has 5,147 inhabitants, the majority of whom are
ethnic Macedonians
Macedonians ( mk, Македонци, Makedonci) are a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group native to the region of Macedonia in Southeast Europe. They speak Macedonian, a South Slavic language. The large majority of Macedonians identi ...
. The town is the seat of
Makedonska Kamenica Municipality
Makedonska Kamenica ( mk, Македонска Каменица ) is a municipality in eastern North Macedonia. ''Makedonska Kamenica'' is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. The municipality is part of Eastern Statistica ...
.
Demographics
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 5,147 inhabitants.
[ Ethnic groups in the village include:][Macedonian Census (2002)]
''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion''
The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 137.
* Macedonians 5,096
*Serbs
The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language.
The majority of Serbs live in their na ...
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*Romani
Romani may refer to:
Ethnicities
* Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia
** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule
* Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...
14
* Bosniaks 8
*Others 9
Sports
Local football club FK Sasa spent several seasons in the Macedonian top tier and won the Macedonian Republic League in 1992.
References
Towns in North Macedonia
Makedonska Kamenica Municipality
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