Staro Nagoričane Municipality | |
Native Name: | Општина Старо Нагоричане |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Northeastern |
Seat Type: | Municipal seat |
Seat: | Staro Nagoričane |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Žaklina Jovanovska (SDSM) |
Area Total Km2: | 433.41 |
Population Total: | 3,501 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 1303 |
Area Code: | +389 031 |
Iso Code: | MK-71 |
Staro Nagoričane Municipality (Macedonian: {{Audio|Mk-Staro Nagorichane.ogg|Општина Старо Нагоричане) is a municipality in the northern part of North Macedonia. The municipal seat is located in the village of Staro Nagoričane. This municipality is part of the Northeastern Statistical Region.
The municipality borders Serbia to the north, the Kumanovo Municipality to the west, the Kratovo Municipality to the south, and the Rankovce Municipality to the east. It largely corresponds to the historical and geographical region of Sredorek.
By the 2003 territorial division of the Republic, the rural Klečevce Municipality was annexed to the Staro Nagoričane Municipality.
A particularly fine example of medieval Serbian ecclesiastical architecture is found in the municipality, in the form of the 10th century Church of St. George. (See: Serbo-Byzantine style)
According to the 2021 Macedonian census, this municipality has 3,501 inhabitants. There were 5,867 inhabitants in 1994. Ethnic groups in the municipality:
2002 | 2021 | ||||
Number | % | Number | % | ||
TOTAL | 4,840 | 100 | 3,501 | 100 | |
Macedonians | 3,906 | 80.7 | 2,513 | 71.78 | |
Serbs | 926 | 19.1 | 585 | 16.71 | |
others | 8 | 0.2 | 25 | 0.71 | |
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | n/a | n/a | 378 | 10.8 |
Staro Nagoričane is twinned with: