Municipality of Štip | |
Native Name: | Општина Штип |
Native Name Lang: | mk |
Settlement Type: | Urban municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Eastern |
Image Blank Emblem: | Coat of arms of Štip Municipality.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
Seat: | Štip |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Ivan Jordanov (VMRO-DPMNE) |
Area Total Km2: | 583.24 |
Population Total: | 44,866 |
Population Density Km2: | 76.92 |
Area Code: | 032 |
Blank Name Sec1: | car plates |
Blank Info Sec1: | ŠT |
Postal Code: | 2000 |
Website: | http://www.stip.gov.mk |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Štip (Macedonian: Штип in Macedonian pronounced as /ʃtip/) is a municipality in eastern North Macedonia. Štip is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. This municipality is part of the Eastern Statistical Region.
Štip Municipality covers an area of 583.24 km2. The river Bregalnica runs through the municipality.
The municipality borders
At the census of 2021 the municipality had 44,866 residents.
At the census taken in 1994 the number of inhabitants was 46,372 and in 2002 the number of inhabitants was 47,796.
Ethnic groups in the municipality:
2002 | 2021 | ||||
Number | % | Number | % | ||
TOTAL | 47,796 | 100 | 44,866 | 100 | |
Macedonians | 41,670 | 87.18 | 34,752 | 77.46 | |
Roma | 2,195 | 4.59 | 2,301 | 5.13 | |
Vlachs | 2,074 | 4.34 | 1,584 | 3.53 | |
Turks | 1,272 | 2.66 | 1,334 | 2.97 | |
Others | 585 | 1.22 | 510 | 1.14 | |
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | n/a | n/a | 4,385 | 9.77 |
The number of the inhabited places in the municipality is 44.