The Polog 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...

. Polog, located in the northwestern part of the country, borders Albania

Albania

Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

 and Kosovo

Kosovo

Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...

. Internally, it borders the Southwestern

Southwestern statistical region

The Southwestern Statistical Region is one of eight arbitrary statistical regions in the Republic of Macedonia. Southwestern, located in the west and southwestern part of the country, borders Albania to the west...

 and 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...

 statistical regions.

Municipalities

Polog is divided into 9 municipalities:

• Bogovinje
  Bogovinje municipality
  Bogovinje is a municipality in western Republic of Macedonia. Bogovinje is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Bogovinje Municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.-Geography:...
  
  
• Brvenica
  Brvenica municipality
  Brvenica is a municipality in northwestern Republic of Macedonia. Brvenica is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found...
  
  
• Gostivar
  Gostivar municipality
  Gostivar is a municipality in western Republic of Macedonia. Gostivar is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Gostivar Municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.-Geography:...
  
  
• Jegunovce
  Jegunovce municipality
  Jegunovce is a municipality in northwestern Republic of Macedonia. Jegunovce is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found...
  
  
• Mavrovo and Rostuša
  Mavrovo and Rostuša municipality
  Mavrovo and Rostuša is a municipality in western Republic of Macedonia. The municipal seat is located in the village of Rostuša. This municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.-Geography:...
  
  
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  Tearce
  Tearce municipality
  Tearce is a municipality in northwestern Republic of Macedonia. Tearce is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Tearce Municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.-Geography:...
  
  
• Tetovo
  Tetovo municipality
  Tetovo is a municipality in northwestern Republic of Macedonia. Tetovo is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Tetovo Municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.-Geography:...
  
  
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  Vrapčište
  Vrapcište municipality
  Vrapčište is a municipality in western Republic of Macedonia. Vrapčište is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. This municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.-Geography:...
  
  
• Želino
  Želino municipality
  Želino is a municipality in northwestern Republic of Macedonia. Želino is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. This municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.-Geography:...
  
  

Demographics

Population

The current population of the Polog statistical region is 304,125 citizens, according to the last population census in 2002.

Census Year	Population	Change
1994	282,432	N/A
2002	304,125	+8.24%

Ethnicities

Polog is the only statistical region in Macedonia where 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...

 are not the majority.

	Number	%
TOTAL	304,125	100
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...	222,679	73.2
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...	56,079	18.4
Turks Turkish people Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...	17,386	5.7
Roma	4,594	1.4
others	3,387	1.1