Drugovo Municipality Explained

Drugovo Municipality
Native Name:	Општина Другово
Native Name Lang:	mk
Settlement Type:	Former Municipality
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	North Macedonia
Subdivision Type1:	region
Subdivision Name1:	Southwestern Statistical Region
Flag Size:	130px
Image Blank Emblem:	Coat of arms of Drugovo Municipality.svg
Blank Emblem Type:	Coat of arms
Seat Type:	Municipal seat
Seat:	Drugovo
Blank Name:	Split from
Blank Info:	Kičevo Municipality in 1996
Blank1 Name:	Merged into
Blank1 Info:	Kičevo Municipality in 2013
Population Total:	3249
Timezone:	CET
Utc Offset:	+1

Drugovo (Macedonian: {{Audio|Mk-Drugovo.ogg|Другово) 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.^[1]

• Drugovo is also the name of the village where the municipal seat was found.
  • Drugovo Municipality was part of the Southwestern Statistical Region.
    • The last mayor of the municipality was Dobre Nikoski.

Geography

The municipality bordered

• Debar Municipality to the west,
• Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality to the northwest,
• Zajas Municipality to the northeast,
• Kičevo Municipality, Vraneštica Municipality, Plasnica Municipality, and Kruševo Municipality to the east,
• Demir Hisar Municipality to the southeast, and
• Debarca Municipality to the southwest.

Demographics

According to the last national census from 2002, Drugovo Municipality has 3,249 inhabitants.^[2]

• 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.^[3]

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.

External links

• Official website

41.48°N 20.91°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archived copy . sec.mk . 20 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131022103954/http://sec.mk/images/lok2013/mkd_admin_karta_a3_2013.jpg . 22 October 2013 . dead.
2. http://www.stat.gov.mk/pdf/kniga_13.pdf 2002 census results
3. Web site: Во основните училишта за 10 години дури 46.500 ученици помалку . 2013-02-08 . 2020-10-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201025054453/https://www.mkd.mk/96434/makedonija/vo-osnovnite-uchilista-za-10-godini-pomalku-duri-46-500-ucenici . dead .