Zajas Municipality
Zajas municipality
Општина Зајас Komuna e Zajazit | |
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Municipality | |
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| Country | North Macedonia |
| region | Southwestern Statistical Region |
| Municipal seat | Zajas |
| Population | |
| • Total | 11,605 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Split from | Kičevo Municipality in 1996 |
| Merged into | Kičevo Municipality in 2013 |
Zajas (Macedonian: , Albanian: Zajaz) is a former municipality in western North Macedonia, created in the 1996 territorial organisation, dissolved following 2013 Macedonian new territorial organisation after it was merged with Kičevo Municipality.[1]
- Zajas is also the name of the village where the municipal seat was found.
- Zajas Municipality was part of the Southwestern Statistical Region.
Geography
[edit]The municipality bordered
- Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality to the west,
- Gostivar Municipality to the northeast,
- Oslomej Municipality to the east,
- Kičevo Municipality to the southeast, and
- Drugovo Municipality to the southwest.
Demographics
[edit]According to the last national census from 2002, this municipality has 11,605 inhabitants.[2]
- Ethnic groups in the municipality include:
- Albanians = 11,308 (97.4%)
- Macedonians = 211 (1.8%)
- others = 86 (0.7%)
The total number of students in the municipality in 2011, in comparison to the total number of students in 2007, declined for 35.5%. Zajas is the second municipality in North Macedonia by the decline of the total number of students.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Archived copy". sec.mk. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ 2002 census results in English and Macedonian (PDF)
- ^ Во основните училишта за 10 години дури 46.500 ученици помалку
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