Vinica ( mk, Виница ) is a municipality in eastern 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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Vinica'' is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Vinica Municipality is part of the
Eastern Statistical Region
The Eastern Statistical Region ( mk, Источен Регион) is one of eight statistical regions of North Macedonia. Eastern, located in the eastern part of the country, borders Bulgaria. Internally, it borders the Vardar, Skopje, Northeaster ...
.
Geography
The municipality borders
Kočani Municipality
Kočani ( mk, Кочани ) is a municipality in the eastern part of North Macedonia. ''Kočani'' is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. The municipality is part of the Eastern Statistical Region.
Geography
The municip ...
and
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 ...
to the north,
Delčevo Municipality
Delčevo Municipality ( mk, Делчево ) — municipality in Eastern Macedonia. The center of the municipality is the city of Delchevo. The geographical area is 423 km2 (163 mi2) and has about 13,585 inhabitants. There are 22 se ...
to the east,
Radoviš Municipality
Radoviš Municipality ( mk, Општина Радовиш) is a municipality in eastern North Macedonia. Radoviš is the name of the city where the municipal seat is found. This municipality is part of the Southeastern Statistical Region.
Histor ...
and
Berovo Municipality
Berovo ( mk, Берово ) is a municipality in eastern part of Republic of North Macedonia. ''Berovo'' is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Berovo Municipality is part of the Eastern Statistical Region.
Geography
The ...
to the south, and
Zrnovci Municipality
Zrnovci ( mk, ) is a municipality in the eastern part of North Macedonia. ''Zrnovci'' is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Zrnovci Municipality is part of the Eastern Statistical Region.
Geography
The municipality ...
to the west.
History
By the 2003 territorial division of Macedonia, the rural Blatec Municipality was attached to Vinica Municipality.
Demographics
According to the 2002 Macedonian census, Vinica Municipality has 19,938 residents.
2002 census results
in English and Macedonian (PDF) Ethnic groups in the municipality:
*Macedonians = 18,261 (91.6%)
*Roma = 1,230 (6.2%)
*others.
Inhabited places
The number of the inhabited places in the municipality is 16.
References
External links
Official website
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Municipalities of North Macedonia
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