The Vardar Statistical Region ( mk, Вардарски Регион) is one of eight statistical regions of North Macedonia. Vardar, located in the central part of North Macedonia, borders

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to the south. Internally, it borders the

Pelagonia Pelagonia ( mk, Пелагонија, Pelagonija; el, Πελαγονíα, Pelagonía) is a geographical region of Macedonia named after the ancient kingdom. Ancient Pelagonia roughly corresponded to the present-day municipalities of Bitola, Pri ...

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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 ...

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, and Eastern. The Vardar Statistical Region is named after the

Vardar River The Vardar (; mk, , , ) or Axios () is the longest river in North Macedonia and the second longest river in Greece, in which it reaches the Aegean Sea at Thessaloniki. It is long, out of which are in Greece, and drains an area of around . Th ...

, which runs through the region.

Municipalities

Vardar statistical region is divided into 9 municipalities: * Čaška *

Demir Kapija Demir Kapija ( mk, Демир Капија ) is a small town in North Macedonia, located near the ominous limestone gates of the same name. It has 3,725 inhabitants. The town is the seat of Demir Kapija Municipality. Etymology The name of the t ...

* Gradsko *

Kavadarci Kavadarci ( mk, Кавадарци ) is a town in the Tikveš region of North Macedonia. In the heart of North Macedonia's wine country, it is home to the largest winery in Southeast Europe, named after the Tikveš plain. The town of Kavadarci is ...

Lozovo Lozovo ( mk, ) is a village in North Macedonia. It is a seat of the Lozovo municipality Geography Lozovo is a village located in central North Macedonia, on the plains known as Ovče Pole. The village is situated between Veles, North Macedoni ...

* Negotino * Rosoman *

Sveti Nikole Sveti Nikole ( mk, Свети Николе ; meaning ''Saint Nicholas''; rup, San Nicole) is a town in North Macedonia. It is the seat of Sveti Nikole Municipality and a center of a plain called Ovče Pole (''Plain of sheep''), famous for sheep ...

* Veles

Geography

The Vardar Statistical Region is bisected by the

and is bounded to the south by

. The region is flatter than most of the rest of the country.

Demographics

Ethnic groups in the Vardar Region of North Macedonia en

Population

The current population of the Vardar Statistical Region is 154,535 citizens, according to the last population census in 2002, making it the least populous of the eight statistical regions.

Ethnicities

The largest ethnic group in the region is the Macedonians.

References