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Zajas is a municipality in western
Republic of MacedoniaMacedonia , 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...
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ZajasZajas is a village located in the Republic of Macedonia. According to the census of 2002 it has 11,605 inhabitants. Zajas is a seat of the Zajas municipality. Zajas is well known as the birthplace of the National Front fighters Mefail Shehu, Mefail Mehmeti and Begzat Vuli...
is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Zajas Municipality is part of the
Southwestern Statistical RegionThe 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...
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Geography
The municipality borders
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to the west,
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to the northeast,
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to the east,
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to the southeast, and
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to the southwest.
Demographics
According to the last national census from 2002, this municipality has 11,605 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the municipality include:
- Albanians = 11,308 (97.4%)
- Macedonians = 211 (1.8%)
- others = 86 (0.7%)