Ohrid Municipality Explained

Municipality of Ohrid

Native Name:

Општина Охрид

Native Name Lang:

Settlement Type:

Urban municipality

Subdivision Type:

Country

Subdivision Type1:

Region

Subdivision Name1:

Southwestern

Flag Size:

150px

Blank Emblem Type:

Coat of Arms

Blank Emblem Size:

150px

Seat Type:

Municipal seat

Seat:

Ohrid

Leader Title:

Mayor

Leader Name:

Kiril Pecakov

Area Total Km2:

389.93

Population Total:

51428

Population Density Km2:

142.97

Area Code:

046

Blank Name Sec1:

Car plates

Blank Info Sec1:

Postal Code:

6000

Website:

http://www.Ohrid.gov.mk/

Timezone:

CET

Utc Offset:

Footnotes:

Child:	yes
Official Name:	Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region
Criteria:	(i)(iii)(iv)(vii)
Id:	99ter
Year:	1979
Extension:	1980, 2019
Area:	83350ha

The Municipality of Ohrid (Macedonian: Општина Охрид) is a municipality in the southwestern part of North Macedonia. Ohrid is also the name of the city where the municipal seat is found. Ohrid Municipality is in the Southwestern Statistical Region.

Geography

Ohrid Municipality borders

Debarca Municipality to the west and north,
Resen Municipality to the east, and
Demir Hisar Municipality to the northeast.

Demographics

According to the national census of 2002, the municipality of Ohrid, before the attachment of Kosel Municipality, had 54,380 inhabitants; according to the census of 1994, it had 52,732.
The former Kosel Municipality had a population of 1,369 in 2002 and 1,759 in 1994.

The present-day combined municipality has 51,428 residents.^[1]

2002		2021
	Number	%	Number	%
TOTAL	55,749	100	51.428	100
Macedonians	47,344	84.9	40,488	78.73
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources	n/a	n/a	4,289	8.34
Albanians	2,962	5.3	1,942	3.78
Turks	2,268	4.1	1,831	3.56
Others	2,809	5.0	2,051	4.0
Serbs	366	0.7	281	0.55
Vlachs	/	/	314	0.61

Inhabited places

The municipality has 29 inhabited places, one town and 28 villages.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Ohrid (Macedonian: Грб на Охрид) is the coat of arms of the Ohrid Municipality, it depicts Lake Ohrid, Tsar Samuel's Fortress, and a sailboat, the sailboat symbolizing tourism.^[2] The coat of arms is designed using the Macedonian territorial heraldic system featuring a mural crown of its status and a wreath of Macedonian oak.

The blazon is Azure, on a mount Vert a wall gated between two towers all Argent. In base a barry wavy of the first. Other elements include the shield is crowned with a Mural crown of three towers Or, central tower gated, adorned with rubies and pearls, wreathed with two oak branches Vert fructed Or joined with ribbon Gules.

External links

Notes and References

https://www.stat.gov.mk/pdf/2022/2.1.22.10-mk-en.pdf 2021 census results
Web site: 2014-12-31. Municipality of Ohrid Macedonian Heraldric Society. 2021-04-21. heraldika.org.mk. en-US.