Drugovo ( mk, ) is a former municipality in western

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 ...

, created in the 1996 territorial organisation and dissolved following the 2013 Macedonian new territorial organisation, after it was merged with

Kičevo Municipality Kičevo Municipality ( mk, Кичево; sq, Kërçovë) is a municipality in the western part of North Macedonia. The municipal seat is the city of Kičevo. Kičevo Municipality is located in the Southwestern Statistical Region. Geography The ...

. * '' Drugovo'' is also the name of the village where the municipal seat was found. ** Drugovo Municipality was part of the

Southwestern Statistical Region The Southwestern Statistical Region ( mk, Југозападен Регион; Albanian: Rajoni jugperendimor) is one of eight statistical regions of North Macedonia. Southwestern, located in the west and southwestern part of the country, borders ...

. *** The last mayor of the municipality was Dobre Nikoski.

Geography

The municipality bordered *

Debar Municipality Debar ( mk, Дебар , sq, Komuna e Dibrës) is a municipality in western part of Republic of North Macedonia. ''Debar'' is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Debar Municipality is part of the Southwestern Statistical ...

to the west, *

Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality Mavrovo and Rostuša ( mk, ) ( tr, Mavrova ve Rostuşa) is a municipality in western North Macedonia. The municipal seat is located in the village of Rostuša. This municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region. Geography The municipalit ...

to the northwest, *

Zajas Municipality Zajas ( mk, , sq, Zajaz) is a former municipality in western North Macedonia, created in the 1996 territorial organisation, dissolved following 2013 Macedonian new territorial organisation after it was merged with Kičevo Municipality. * '' Zaj ...

to the northeast, *

Vraneštica Municipality Vraneštica ( mk, ) is a former municipality in western North Macedonia, created in the 1996 territorial organisation and dissolved following the 2013 Macedonian new territorial organisation, after it was merged with Kičevo Municipality. ''Vran ...

Plasnica Municipality Plasnica ( mk, , tr, Plasniça) is a municipality in western North Macedonia. ''Plasnica'' is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Plasnica Municipality is part of the Southwestern Statistical Region. It is particular ...

, and

Kruševo Municipality Kruševo Municipality ( mk, Крушево ; sq, Krushevë; rup, Crushuva) is a municipality in the central region of North Macedonia. ''Kruševo'' is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. This municipality is part of the ...

to the east, *

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 southeast, and *

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 southwest.

Demographics

According to the last national census from 2002, Drugovo Municipality has 3,249 inhabitants. *Ethnic groups in the municipality include: **Macedonians = 2,784 (85.7%) **Turks = 292 (9.0%) **Albanians = 155 (4.8%) **others = 18 (0.6%) The total number of students in the municipality in 2011, in comparison to the total number of students in 2007, declined for about 30%. Drugovo is the third municipality in North Macedonia by the decline of the total number of students.Во основните училишта за 10 години дури 46.500 ученици помалку
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Inhabited places

Settlements in the municipality include *Belica, Brzhdani, Vidrani, Grand Crsko, *Upper Dushegubica, Dobrenoec Upper, *Lower Dushegubica, Lower Dobrenoec, * Drugovo, Ehloec, Ivanchishta, Source, *Javorec, Judovo, Kladnik, Klenoec, Kozica, *Lavchani, Malkoec, Malo Crsko, *Monastery Dolenci, Podvis, Popoec, Popolzhani, *Prostranje, Svinjishte, Srbjani and Cer.

References

External links

Official website
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