| Municipality of Kičevo | |
| Native Name: | Општина Кичево Komuna e Kërçovës |
| Settlement Type: | Urban municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | North Macedonia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within North Macedonia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Southwestern |
| Flag Size: | 100px |
| Image Blank Emblem: | Coat_of_arms_of_Kičevo_Municipality.svg |
| Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
| Blank Emblem Size: | 120px |
| Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
| Seat: | Kičevo |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Fatmir Dehari (DUI) |
| Area Total Km2: | 838 |
| Population Total: | 39,669 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Car plates |
| Blank Info Sec1: | KI |
| Website: | Official website |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
Kičevo Municipality (Macedonian: Кичево; Albanian: Kërçovë) is a municipality in the western part of North Macedonia. The municipal seat is the city of Kičevo. Kičevo Municipality is located in the Southwestern Statistical Region.
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.
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:
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 and 2021 censuses[3] include:
| 2002 | 2021 | ||||
| Number | % | Number | % | ||
| TOTAL | 56,734 | 100 | 39,669 | 100 | |
| Albanians | 30,927 | 54.51 | 16,373 | 41.26 | |
| Macedonians | 20,278 | 35.74 | 16,020 | 40.38 | |
| Turks | 2,998 | 5.28 | 2,553 | 6.44 | |
| Roma | 1,631 | 2.87 | 2,003 | 5.07 | |
| others | 900 | 1.59 | 315 | 0.79 | |
| Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | n/a | n/a | 2,405 | 6.06 | |
Mother tongues among the residents of Kičevo Municipality include:
18,520 (46.7%)
16,351 (41.2%)
1,905 (4.8%)
375 (1.0%)
On 26 November 2019, an earthquake struck Albania and Kičevo Municipality sent €12,000 for relief efforts.[4]
