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 ...
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Tetovo is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Tetovo Municipality is part of the
Polog Statistical Region.
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 international recognition of Kosovo, partiall ...
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 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
T ...
to the southeast,
Brvenica Municipality
Brvenica ( mk, , sq, Komuna e Bërvenicës) is a municipality in the northwestern part of North Macedonia. Brvenica is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Brvenica Municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Regio ...
to the south, and
Bogovinje Municipality 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, Šar Mountains, 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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Municipalities of North Macedonia