Probištip Municipality | |
Native Name: | Општина Пробиштип |
Native Name Lang: | mk |
Settlement Type: | Urban municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Eastern |
Image Blank Emblem: | Coat of arms of Probištip Municipality.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Blank Emblem Size: | 80px |
Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
Seat: | Probištip |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Dragan Anastasov (SDSM) |
Area Total Km2: | 325.57 |
Population Total: | 16 193 |
Population Density Km2: | 49.74 |
Area Code: | 032 |
Blank Name Sec1: | car plates |
Blank Info Sec1: | PS |
Postal Code: | 2210 |
Website: | http://www.probistip.gov.mk |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Probištip Municipality (Macedonian: Општина Пробиштип in Macedonian pronounced as /ˈprɔbiʃtip/) is an urban municipality in eastern North Macedonia. Probištip is also the name of the city where the municipal seat is located. This municipality is part of the Eastern Statistical Region.
The municipality borders Kratovo Municipality to the north, Kočani and Češinovo-Obleševo municipalities to the east, Sveti Nikole Municipality to the west and Štip and Karbinci municipalities to the south.
The municipality spreads over the middle and lower part of the course of the Zletovska River.
Following the 2003 territorial division of North Macedonia, the rural Zletovo Municipality was annexed to the Probištip Municipality. The former had 3,428 residents, while the latter had 12,963 inhabitants. The combined municipality, thus, had 16,193 inhabitants.[1] Ethnic groups in the municipality include the following:
The main economic contributer in the municipality is the lead and zinc mines of “Zletovo”, now called “Indo Minerals and Metals”, which have been in continuous exploitation since 1970. They have been bought by "Bulmak", a large Bulgarian mining company that has modernized the mines, which have been operating at full capacity.