Mavrovo i Rostuše Municipality | |
Native Name: | Општина Маврово и Ростушe Mavrova ve Rostuşa Belediyesi |
Native Name Lang: | mk |
Settlement Type: | Rural municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Polog |
Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
Seat: | Rostuše |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Medat Kurtovski (SDSM) |
Area Total Km2: | 663.19 |
Population Total: | 5,042 |
Population Density Km2: | 13 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Mavrovo i Rostuše (Macedonian: {{Audio|Mk-Mavrovo i Rostusha.ogg|Маврово и Ростуше) (Turkish: Mavrova ve Rostuşa) is a municipality in western North Macedonia. The municipal seat is located in the village of Rostuše. This municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.
The municipality borders Gostivar Municipality to the north, Kičevo Municipality to the east, Debar Municipality to the south and Albania to the west.
According to the last national census from 2021, this municipality has 5,042 inhabitants.[1] Ethnic groups in the municipality include:
2002 | 2021 | ||||
Number | % | Number | % | ||
TOTAL | 8,618 | 100 | 5,042 | 100 | |
Turks | 2,680 | 31.1 | 1,555 | 30.8 | |
Macedonians | 4,349 | 50.5 | 1,474 | 29.2 | |
Albanians | 1,483 | 17.2 | 470 | 9.3 | |
others (predominantly Torbeši) | 106 | 1.2 | 1,138 | 22.6 | |
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | n/a | n/a | 405 | 8.04 |
2002 | 2021 | ||||
Number | % | Number | % | ||
TOTAL | 8,618 | 100 | 5,042 | 100 | |
Islam | 7,627 | 88.5 | 3,669 | 72.8 | |
Orthodox | 848 | 9.84 | 700 | 18.9 | |
Christians | 0 | 0.00 | 254 | ||
Catholics | 14 | 0.16 | 1 | ||
others | 129 | 1.50 | 13 | 0.26 | |
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | n/a | 405 | 8.04 |
4,120 (81.2%)
355 (7.0%)
138 (2.7%)