The Northeastern Statistical Region is one of eight arbitrary statistical regions in the Republic of Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

. Northeastern, located in the northeastern part of the country, borders Serbia

Serbia

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 and Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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. Internally, it borders the Skopje

Skopje statistical region

The Skopje Statistical Region is one of eight arbitrary statistical regions in the Republic of Macedonia. Skopje, located in northern Macedonia, borders Kosovo to the north...

 and Eastern

Eastern statistical region

The Eastern Statistical Region is one of eight arbitrary statistical regions in the Republic of Macedonia. Eastern, located in the eastern part of the country, borders Bulgaria...

 statistical regions.

Municipalities

Northeastern Statistical Region is divided into six municipalities:

• Kratovo
  Kratovo municipality
  Kratovo is a municipality in eastern Republic of Macedonia. Kratovo is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Kratovo Municipality is part of the Northeastern Statistical Region.-Geography:...
  
  
• Kriva Palanka
  Kriva Palanka municipality
  Kriva Palanka is a municipality in eastern Republic of Macedonia. Kriva Palanka is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found...
  
  
• Kumanovo
  Kumanovo municipality
  Kumanovo is a municipality in northern Republic of Macedonia. Kumanovo is also the name of the city where the municipal seat is found. Kumanovo Municipality is part of the Northeastern Statistical Region.-Geography:...
  
  
• Lipkovo
  Lipkovo municipality
  Lipkovo is a municipality in northern Republic of Macedonia. Lipkovo is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Lipkovo Municipality is part of the Northeastern Statistical Region.-Geography:...
  
  
• Rankovce
  Rankovce municipality
  Rankovce is a municipality in northeastern Republic of Macedonia. Rankovce is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Rankovce Municipality is part of the Northeastern statistical region.-Geography:...
  
  
• Staro Nagoričane
  Staro Nagoricane municipality
  Staro Nagoričane is a municipality in northern Republic of Macedonia. Staro Nagoričane is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found...
  
  

Population

The current population of the Northeastern Statistical Region is 172,787 citizens or 8.5% of the total population of the Republic of Macedonia, according to the last population census in 2002.

Census year	Population	Change
1994	163,841	N/A
2002	172,787	+5.46%

Ethnicities

The largest group in the region is the Macedonians

Macedonians (ethnic group)

The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...

. Albanians, Serbs, and Roma also account for a significant population.

	Number	%
TOTAL	172,787	100
Macedonians Macedonians (ethnic group) The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...	102,108	59.1
Albanians Albanians Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...	53,650	31.0
Serbs Serbs The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...	10,461	6.1
Roma	5,132	3.0
others	1,436	0.8