Bogovinje Municipality | |
Native Name: | Општина Боговиње Komuna e Bogovinës |
Settlement Type: | Rural municipality |
Flag Size: | 150px |
Image Blank Emblem: | Coat of arms of Bogovinje Municipality.svg |
Blank Emblem Size: | 75px |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Coordinates: | 41.9333°N 75°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Polog |
Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
Seat: | Bogovinje |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Besnik Emshiu (DUI) |
Population Total: | 22,906 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Bogovinje (Macedonian: {{Audio|Mk-Bogovinje.ogg|Боговиње, Albanian: Komuna e Bogovinës) is a municipality in the western part of the Republic of North Macedonia. Bogovinje is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Bogovinje Municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.
The municipality borders Tetovo Municipality to the north, Brvenica Municipality to the east, Vrapčište Municipality to the south, and Kosovo to the west.
The number of the inhabited places in the municipality is 15. According to the last national census from 2021 this municipality has 22,906 inhabitants.[1]
2002 | 2021 | ||||
Number | % | Number | % | ||
TOTAL | 28,997 | 100 | 22,906 | 100 | |
Albanians | 27,614 | 95.2 | 20,475 | 89.39 | |
Turks | 1,183 | 4.1 | 803 | 3.51 | |
Macedonians | 37 | 0.1 | 16 | 0.07 | |
others | 163 | 0.6 | 45 | 0.2 | |
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | n/a | n/a | 1,567 | 6.84 |