Municipality of Gostivar
Општина Гостивар
Komuna e Gostivarit
Urban municipality
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Country North Macedonia
Region Polog
Municipal seatGostivar
Government
 • MayorArben Taravari (AA)
Area
 • Total513.39 km2 (198.22 sq mi)
Population
 • Total59,770
 • Density158/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
WebsiteOfficial Website
Population of Gostivar. (11 January 1945)

Gostivar (Macedonian: Гостивар [ˈɡɔstivar] ⓘ; Albanian: Komuna e Gostivarit) is a municipality in the western part of North Macedonia. Gostivar is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. The municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.

Geography

The municipality borders

Demographics

The municipality has 35 inhabited places, one town and 34 villages.

According to the last national census from 2021 this municipality has 59,770 inhabitants.[1]

2002 2021
Number % Number %
TOTAL 81,042 100 59,770 100
Albanians 54,038 66.7 33,076 55.34
Macedonians 15,877 19.6 12,807 21.43
Turks 7,991 9.9 7,597 12.71
Roma 2,237 2.8 2,237 3.8
others 899 1 644 1.02
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources n/a n/a 3,409 5.7

Mother tongues among the municipality residents include:[2]

  • Albanian: 33,204 (55.6%)
  • Macedonian: 14,313 (24.0%)
  • Turkish: 7,576 (12.7%)
  • Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources: 3,409 (5.7%)
  • Romani: 1,087 (1.8%)
  • Others: 181 (0.3%)

History

Several villages were burned down in Gostivar during 1912-16 by Serbian and Bulgarian forces.[3] Two of these villages were Reč, which had a population in 1900 of 140 Muslim Albanians and 150 Orthodox Albanians, and Strezimir which at that time was inhabited by 56 Muslim Albanians and 180 Orthodox Albanians.[4] Another such example is Štirovica.

On 26 November 2019, an earthquake struck Albania and Gostivar Municipality contributed humanitarian aid and teams of firefighters and doctors toward the relief effort for earthquake victims.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Вкупно резидентно население во Република Северна Македонија според изјаснувањето за етничката припадност, по пол, по општини, Попис 2021".
  2. ↑ 2021 census, municipality by mother tongue
  3. ↑ Osmani 2012, p. 9."Tërnica, Reçi, Boletini, Dëbova, Strezimiri, Zavojska dhe Shtirovica deri në vitin 1916 u dogjën nga serbët dhe bullgarët. [Tërnica, Reçi, Boletini, Dëbova, Strezimiri, Zavojska and Shtirovica until 1916 were burned by Serbs and Bulgarians.]"
  4. ↑ Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 91, 263.
  5. ↑ "Komunat shqiptare në Maqedoni anulojnë kremtimet për festat e nëntorit" (in Albanian). Gazeta Express. 27 November 2019. Archived from the original on 28 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.

Works cited

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