Kočani Municipality
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Kočani ( ) is a municipality in the eastern part of
North Macedonia North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the n ...
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Kočani Kočani ( ) is a town in the eastern part of North Macedonia, situated around east from Skopje. It has a population of 24,632 as of 2021 and is the seat of the Kočani Municipality. Geography The town spreads across the Northern side of the K ...
'' is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is located. The municipality is part of the Eastern Statistical Region.


Geography

The municipality borders the Kriva Palanka Municipality to the north, Kratovo Municipality and Probištip Municipality to the west, Makedonska Kamenica Municipality and Vinica Municipality to the east, and the
Češinovo-Obleševo Municipality Češinovo-Obleševo () is a municipality in the eastern part of North Macedonia. The seat of the municipality is the village of Obleševo, North Macedonia, Obleševo. Češinovo-Obleševo is part of the Eastern Statistical Region. Geography The ...
and Zrnovci Municipality to the south.


History

By the 2003 territorial division of the Republic, the rural Orizari Municipality was annexed to the Kočani Municipality.


Demographics

There are 31,602 residents of the Kočani Municipality, according to the 2021 North Macedonia census. Ethnic groups in the Kočani municipality:


Settlements


References


External links


Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kocani municipality Municipalities of North Macedonia Eastern Statistical Region