The municipalities are the first-order

administrative division Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...

s 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 ...

. North Macedonia is currently organized into 80

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

( mk, општини, ''opštini''; singular: општина, ''opština,''

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: ''komunat''; singular: ''komuna''), established in February 2013; 10 of the municipalities constitute 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 ...

(or Greater Skopje), a distinct unit of local

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and the country's

capital Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences * Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used f ...

. Most of the current municipalities were unaltered or merely amalgamated from the previous 123 municipalities established in September 1996; others were consolidated and their borders changed. Prior to this, local government was organized into 34 administrative districts, communes, or counties (also ''opštini''). In 2004 they were reduced to 84, and in 2013, the following municipalities were merged into the

Kičevo Municipality Kičevo Municipality ( mk, Кичево; sq, Kërçovë) is a municipality in the western part of North Macedonia. The municipal seat is the city of Kičevo. Kičevo Municipality is located in the Southwestern Statistical Region. Geography The ...

: Drugovo,

Zajas Zajas ( mk, , sq, Zajaz) is a village in the municipality of Kičevo, North Macedonia. Zajas was the seat of the Zajas Municipality, and is now in Kičevo Municipality. History In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Zajas ...

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; mk ...

and Vraneštica. In turn, North Macedonia is subdivided into eight statistical regions (

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: статистички региони, ''statistički regioni'';

: ''rajonet statistike''), established in 2007 and based on the municipal framework; one of these regions, Skopje, encompasses Greater Skopje and the surrounding area.

Map

Map of the municipalities of North Macedonia, with 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 ...

indicated on the map as 1. The map shows the rural and the urban municipalities. The numbers of the map correspond with the numbers of the municipalities indicated to the left of the municipality name in the table below the maps, the second one is a map of the

municipalities, the numbers of this municipalities are shown as 1, x, where "x" is the number of the appropriate municipality. Map of urban and rural municipalities of Macedonia en

Map of urban and rural municipalities of Macedonia en

Municipalities (2013–present)

In March 2013, the following municipalities merged with Kičevo: ;Map of the municipalities of North Macedonia before 2013

Notes

Municipal areas are summations of component areas. As of the 2002 census, area figures for Aerodrom and Butel municipalities are unavailable and included in those of other municipalities in Skopje region
Municipalities, 10 in total, forming the City of Skopje (Град Скопје)

Hierarchical Administrative Subdivision Codes (HASC)
br /> The boundaries for Debar municipality in the Southwestern region were revised in 2004 to include some territory of Rostuša municipality, the predecessor of Mavrovo and Rostuša municipality, in Polog region
Total area includes of inland water not distributed by municipality/region

References

Republic of North Macedonia, State Statistical Office
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''Mapping the Socio-economic Disparities between the Republic of Macedonia's Municipalities'' (''I-IV'')
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''Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Macedonia 2002''
(PDF) * {{Articles on first-level administrative divisions of European countries Subdivisions of North Macedonia Macedonia, Municipalities Macedonia 1 Municipalities, Macedonia North Macedonia geography-related lists

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Municipalities (2013–present)

See also

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