Tetovo is a
municipalityA municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. A municipality is typically governed by a mayor and a city council or municipal council.The notion of municipality...
in
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Republic of MacedoniaMacedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country in the central Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
.
TetovoTetovo is a city in the northwestern part of Macedonia, built on the foothills of Šar Mountain and divided by the Pena River.The city covers an area of at above sea level, with a population of 86,580 citizens in the municipality.. It is home to the State University of Tetovo and South East...
is also the name of the
townA town is a type of settlement ranging from a few hundred to several thousand inhabitants, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas; the precise meaning varies between countries and is not always a matter of legal definition...
where the municipal seat is found. Tetovo municipality is part of
Polog statistical regionThe Polog statistical region is one of eight arbitrary statistical regions in the Republic of Macedonia. Polog, located in the northwestern part of the country, borders Albania and Kosovo...
.
Geography
The municipality borders
KosovoKosovo is a disputed territory in the Balkans. Its majority is governed by the partially-recognised Republic of Kosovo , a self-declared independent state which has de facto control over the territory; the exceptions are some Serb enclaves...
in the
northNorth is one of the four cardinal directions, specifically the direction that, in Western culture, is treated as the fundamental direction:* North is used to define all other directions....
and the
westWest is most commonly a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography.West is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points...
,
Tearce municipalityTearce is a municipality in northwestern Republic of Macedonia. Tearce is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found...
in the norteast,
JegunovceJegunovce is a municipality in northwestern Republic of Macedonia. Jegunovce is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found...
in the
eastEast is a direction in geography. It is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points, opposite of west and at right angles to north and south. East is the direction toward which the Earth rotates about its axis, and therefore the general direction from which the Sun appears to rise...
,
ŽelinoŽelino is a municipality in northwestern Republic of Macedonia. Želino is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found...
in the southeast and
BrvenicaBrvenica is a municipality in north-western Republic of Macedonia. Brvenica is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found...
in the
southSouth is one of the cardinal directions and is opposite to the north.By Western convention, the bottom side of a map is south; the southern direction has azimuth or bearing of 180°....
and
BogovinjeBogovinje is a municipality in western Republic of Macedonia. Bogovinje is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found...
in the soutwest.
Demographics
The population of the municipality is 86,580 of whom approximately 75,000 live in the municipality center
TetovoTetovo is a city in the northwestern part of Macedonia, built on the foothills of Šar Mountain and divided by the Pena River.The city covers an area of at above sea level, with a population of 86,580 citizens in the municipality.. It is home to the State University of Tetovo and South East...
, the rest lives in the suburbs and the villages of the municipality.
According to the last National Macedonian census the majority in the municipality is represented by the
AlbaniansAlbanians are a people from southeast Europe who live in Albania and neighboring countries. They speak the Albanian language. About half of them live in Albania, with other large groups residing in Kosovo, the Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, and Montenegro...
(60,886) followed by
MacedoniansThe Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs are a South Slavic people who are primarily associated with the Republic of Macedonia. They speak the Macedonian language, a South Slavic language...
(20,053), Roma (2,357), Turks (1,882), and others.
By the 2003 territorial division of the republic, the rural
Šipkovica municipality and
Djepčište municipality were attached to
Tetovo municipality. Without these two municipalities the population of the
municipality of Tetovo was 65,318 according to the National census of 1994, and 70,841 at the last census. The population of the abolished in 2003 Šipkovica municipality in 1994 was 6,797, and according to the last census was 7,820. The population of the abolished in 2003 Djepčište municipality in 1994 was 7,286, and according to the last census was 7,919. With the Territorial administrative division of the republic in 2003 the municipalities of Djepčište and Šipkovica were atached to Tetovo and so the population of the present day municipality is 86,580.
Inhabited places
The number of the inhabited places in the municipality is 19. There is one city and 18 villages.
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| Village(s) A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a town or city. Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in...
: Bozovce | Brodec | Vejce | Vešala | Gajre | Golema Rečica | Germo | Jedoarce | Lavce | Lisec | Mala Rečica | Otunje | Poroj | Sarakino | SelceSelce is the name of:* Selce, Banská Bystrica District, a municipality of the Banská Bystrica District, in Slovakia* Selce, Krupina District, a municipality of the Krupina District, in Slovakia...
| Fališ | Djepčište | Šipkovica | PirokPirok is a town in the northwest of the Republic of Macedonia. It is located from Tetovo.The population consists of approximately 5,000 people, all of Albanian ethnicity....
CityA city is a relatively large and permanent settlement, particularly a large urban settlement. Although there is no agreement on technical definitions distinguishing a city from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status...
s: TetovoTetovo is a city in the northwestern part of Macedonia, built on the foothills of Šar Mountain and divided by the Pena River.The city covers an area of at above sea level, with a population of 86,580 citizens in the municipality.. It is home to the State University of Tetovo and South East...
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See also
- Tetovo
Tetovo is a city in the northwestern part of Macedonia, built on the foothills of Šar Mountain and divided by the Pena River.The city covers an area of at above sea level, with a population of 86,580 citizens in the municipality.. It is home to the State University of Tetovo and South East...
- Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country in the central Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
- Municipalities of the Republic of Macedonia
The municipalities of the Republic of skopje are first-order administrative divisions. In August 2004, the Republic of Macedonia was reorganised into 84 municipalities ; 10 of the municipalities constitute the City of Skopje , a distinct unit of local self-government and the country's capital.Most...
- Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia
Albanians are the largest ethnic minority in the Republic of Macedonia. The Albanian minority inhabit mainly the north-western part of the country. The largest Albanian communities are in the areas of Tetovo , Gostivar , Debar , Struga , Kičevo , Kumanovo and Skopje...
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