Kičevo Municipality

Municipality of Kičevo Општина Кичево Komuna e Kërçovës
Urban municipality
Coat of arms
Country	Macedonia
Region	Southwestern Statistical Region
Municipal seat	Kičevo
Government
• Mayor	Fatmir Dehari (DUI)
Area
• Total	838 km2 (324 sq mi)
Population
• Total	56,734
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
Car plates	KI
Website	Official website

Kičevo Municipality (Macedonian: Општина Кичево, Albanian: Komuna e Kërçovës) is a municipality in western Republic of Macedonia. The municipal seat is the city of Kičevo. Kičevo Municipality is located in the Southwestern Statistical Region.

Geography

The municipality borders Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality to the northwest, Debar Municipality to the west, Gostivar Municipality to the north, Makedonski Brod and Plasnica municipalities to the east, Demir Hisar Municipality to the south, and Debarca Municipality to the southwest.

Demographics

According to the last national census from 2002 the municipality, prior to territorial adjustments in 2013, had 30,138 inhabitants.^[1] Ethnic groups in the municipality included:

• Macedonians = 16,140 (53.6%)
• Albanians = 9,202 (30.5%)
• Turks = 2,430 (8.1%)
• Roma = 1,630 (5.4%)
• others.

Following the territorial adjustments in March 2013, the municipalities of Drugovo, Vraneštica, Zajas and Oslomej have been combined with Kičevo Municipality.^[2] Ethnic groups in the larger Kičevo Municipality, according to the 2002 census:,^[3] include:

• Albanians = 30,927 (54.51%)
• Macedonians = 20,278 (35.74%)
• Turks = 2,998 (5.28%)
• Roma = 1,631 (2.87%)
• others = 900 (1.59%)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kičevo Municipality.

• Official website
• Portal Kicevo

Municipalities of the Republic of Macedonia
Municipalities	Aračinovo Berovo Bitola Bogdanci Bogovinje Bosilovo Brvenica Čaška Češinovo-Obleševo Centar Župa Čučer-Sandevo Debar Debarca Delčevo Demir Hisar Demir Kapija Dojran Dolneni Gevgelija Gostivar Gradsko Ilinden Jegunovce Karbinci Kavadarci Kičevo Kočani Konče Kratovo Kriva Palanka Krivogaštani Kruševo Kumanovo Lipkovo Lozovo Makedonska Kamenica Makedonski Brod Mavrovo and Rostuša Mogila Negotino Novaci Novo Selo Ohrid Pehčevo Petrovec Plasnica Prilep Probištip Radoviš Rankovce Resen Rosoman Sopište Staro Nagoričane Štip Struga Strumica Studeničani Sveti Nikole Tearce Tetovo Valandovo Vasilevo Veles Vevčani Vinica Vrapčište Zelenikovo Želino Zrnovci
Greater Skopje	Aerodrom Butel Čair Centar Gazi Baba Gjorče Petrov Karpoš Kisela Voda Saraj Šuto Orizari
Former	Bač Belčišta Bistrica Blatec Bogomila Capari Čegrane Češinovo Delogoždi Dobruševo Dolna Banjica Drugovo Džepčište Izvor Kamenjane Klečovce Kondovo Konopište Kosel Kukliš Kukurečani Labuništa Lukovo Mavrovi Anovi Mešeišta Miravci Murtuno Negotino-Pološko Obleševo Orašac Orizari Oslomej Podareš Rostuša Samokov Šipkovica Sopotnica Srbinovo Staravina Topolčani Velešta Vraneštica Vitolište Vratnica Vrutok Zajas Žitoše Zletovo

Municipalities of the Republic of Macedonia with an Albanian majority
Aračinovo (Haraçina) Bogovinje (Bogovinë) Brvenica (Brevincë) Čair (Çair) Debar (Dibër) Gostivar (Gostivari) Kičevo (Kërçovë) Lipkovo (Likova) Saraj (Saraj) Struga (Strugë) Studeničani (Studeniçani) Tearce (Tearca) Tetovo (Tetovë) Vrapčište (Vrapçishti) Želino (Zhelina)
The municipality names in italics have an Albanian population of over 50% but below 60%. Names in brackets are Albanian equivalents of the Macedonian names.

Coordinates: 41°31′N 20°58′E / 41.51°N 20.97°E / 41.51; 20.97