Tetovo ( mk, Тетово, ; sq, Tetovë) is a municipality in the northwest 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 ...

Tetovo Tetovo ( mk, Тетово, , sq, Tetovë/Tetova) is a city in the northwestern part of North Macedonia, built on the foothills of Šar Mountain and divided by the Pena River. The municipality of Tetovo covers an area of at above sea level, w ...

is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Tetovo Municipality is part of the

Polog Statistical Region The Polog Statistical Region ( mk, Полошки Регион; Albanian:Rajoni i Pollogut) is one of eight statistical regions of the Republic of North Macedonia. Polog, located in the northwestern part of the country, borders Albania and Kosov ...

Geography

The municipality borders

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

to the north and west,

Tearce Municipality Tearce ( mk, Теарце ; Albanian:Tearcë) is a municipality in northwestern North Macedonia. '' Tearce'' is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Tearce Municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region. Geograp ...

to the northeast,

Jegunovce Municipality Jegunovce ( mk, , sq, Jegunoc) is a municipality in the northwest of North Macedonia. '' Jegunovce'' is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Jegunovce Municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region. Geography ...

to the east,

Želino Municipality Želino ( mk, , sq, Zhelinë) is a municipality in the northwestern part of North Macedonia. ''Želino'' is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. This municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region. Geography Th ...

to the southeast, Brvenica Municipality to the south, and

Bogovinje Municipality Bogovinje ( mk, , sq, Komuna e Bogovinës) is a municipality in the western part of the Republic of North Macedonia. Bogovinje is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Bogovinje Municipality is part of the Polog Statis ...

to the southwest.

History

As a result of the redrawing of municipality borders in 2003, the rural Šipkovica Municipality and Džepčište Municipality were attached to Tetovo Municipality. Without these two municipalities, the population of the Municipality of Tetovo was 65,318 according to the census of 1994, and 70,841 at the last census.2002 census results
in English and Macedonian (PDF) The population of the former Šipkovica Municipality in 1994 was 6,797, and according to the last census was 7,820. The population of the former Džepčište Municipality in 1994 was 7,286, and according to the last census was 7,919. The population of the present-day combined municipality is 86,580. On 26 November 2019, an earthquake struck Albania and Tetovo Municipality held 2 days of mourning for the earthquake victims and sent humanitarian aid and 500,000 denars for relief efforts.

Demographics

The number of the inhabited places in the municipality is 19. There is one city and 18 villages. The population of the municipality is 84,770. Ethnic groups in the municipality include:

Historical photographs from Tetovo

Tetovo, razglednica, 1930.jpg, 1930 Tetovo, razglednica so Ljuboten.jpg, The peak of

Ljuboten Ljuboten ( Serbian and mk, ) or Luboten (in Albanian) is a peak of the Šar Mountains located on the border between Kosovo and North Macedonia. Its elevation is . Ljuboten, although not the highest peak of the range, is somewhat isolated fr ...

Šar Mountains The Šar Mountains ( Serbian and mk, Шар Планина, Šar Planina, colloquially also ) or Sharr Mountains ( sq, Malet e Sharrit), form a mountain range in the Balkans that extends from Kosovo and the northwest of North Macedonia to nort ...

, 1931 Tetovo, razglednica, 1936.jpg, 1936 Tetovo, razglednica, 1939.jpg, 1939 Tetovo, Sharena dzamija.jpg, Šarena Džamija, 1930's Tetovo, razglednica od 1943.jpg, 1943

References

External links

Official website

Tetovo municipality info
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