The Municipality of Ohrid ( mk, Општина Охрид) is a municipality in the southwestern 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 ...
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Ohrid'' is also the name of the city where the municipal seat is found. Ohrid Municipality is in the
Southwestern Statistical Region.
Geography
Ohrid Municipality borders
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Debarca Municipality
Debarca ( mk, ) is a municipality in the Southwestern Statistical Region of North Macedonia. The village of Belčišta is the municipal seat. It is the municipality in which Ohrid "St. Paul the Apostle" Airport is located, the second of two inte ...
to the west and north,
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Resen Municipality to the east, and
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Demir Hisar Municipality
Demir Hisar ( mk, Демир Хисар ) is a municipality in the southwestern part of North Macedonia. '' Demir Hisar'', which means "iron fortress" in Turkish, is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Demir Hisar munici ...
to the northeast.
Demographics
*According to the national census of 2002, the municipality of Ohrid, before the attachment of Kosel Municipality, had 54,380 inhabitants; according to the census of 1994, it had 52,732.
*The former Kosel Municipality had a population of 1,369 in 2002 and 1,759 in 1994.
The present-day combined municipality has 51,428 residents.
Inhabited places
The municipality has 29 inhabited places, one town and 28 villages.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms of Ohrid (
Macedonian
Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia.
Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to:
People Modern
* Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...
: Грб на Охрид) is the coat of arms of the Ohrid Municipality, it depicts
Lake Ohrid,
Tsar Samuel's Fortress, and a sailboat, the sailboat symbolizing tourism.
The coat of arms is designed using the
Macedonian territorial heraldic system featuring a mural crown of its status and a wreath of
Macedonian oak
''Quercus trojana'', the Macedonian oak is an oak in the turkey oak section
( ''Quercus'' sect. ''Cerris'').
It is native to southeast Europe and southwest Asia, from southern Italy east across the southern Balkans (Croatia, Albania, Serbia, No ...
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The blazon is
Azure
Azure may refer to:
Colour
* Azure (color), a hue of blue
** Azure (heraldry)
** Shades of azure, shades and variations
Arts and media
* ''Azure'' (Art Farmer and Fritz Pauer album), 1987
* Azure (Gary Peacock and Marilyn Crispell album), 2013
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, on a mount
Vert
Vert or Verts may refer to:
* Vert (heraldry), the colour green in heraldry
* Vert (music producer) (born 1972), pseudonym of Adam Butler, an English music producer
* Vert (river), in southern France
* Vert (sport), a competition in extreme vers ...
a wall gated between two towers all
Argent. In base a barry wavy of the first. Other elements include the shield is crowned with a
Mural crown of three towers
Or, central tower gated, adorned with rubies and pearls, wreathed with two oak branches Vert fructed Or joined with ribbon
Gules
In heraldry, gules () is the tincture with the colour red. It is one of the class of five dark tinctures called "colours", the others being azure (blue), sable (black), vert (green) and purpure (purple).
In engraving, it is sometimes depict ...
.
References
External links
Official websiteOfficial website for Info, Places to visit and reservations in Ohrid
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Municipalities of North Macedonia