Tetovo Municipality

Municipality of Tetovo

Општина Тетово
Komuna e Tetovës
Municipality of Tetovo Општина Тетово; Komuna e Tetovës
Urban municipality
	The building of the archives of Tetovo, a department of the State Archive of North Macedonia.
	Flag Coat of arms
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Polog
Municipal center	Tetovo
Government
• Mayor	Bilall Kasami (Lëvizja Besa)
Area
• Total	261.89 km2 (101.12 sq mi)
Population
• Total	84,770
• Density	320/km2 (840/sq mi)
Languages
• primary	Macedonian, Albanian
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	+389 044
Car plates	TE
Website	Official Website

Tetovo (Macedonian: Тетово, [ˈtɛtɔvɔ] ^ⓘ; Albanian: Tetova) is a municipality in the northwest part of North Macedonia. Tetovo's municipal seat is located in the town of the same name. Tetovo Municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.

Geography

The municipality borders Kosovo to the north and west, Tearce Municipality to the northeast, Jegunovce Municipality to the east, Želino Municipality to the southeast, Brvenica Municipality to the south, and Bogovinje Municipality to the southwest.

History

As a result of the redrawing of municipality borders in 2003, the rural Šipkovica Municipality and Džepčište Municipality were attached to Tetovo Municipality. Without these two municipalities, the population of the Municipality of Tetovo was 65,318 according to the census of 1994, and 70,841 at the last census.^[1] The population of the former Šipkovica Municipality in 1994 was 6,797, and according to the last census was 7,820. The population of the former Džepčište Municipality in 1994 was 7,286, and according to the last census was 7,919. The population of the present-day combined municipality is 86,580.

On 26 November 2019, an earthquake struck Albania and Tetovo Municipality held 2 days of mourning for the earthquake victims and sent humanitarian aid and 500,000 denars for relief efforts.^[2]^[3]

Demographics

The number of the inhabited places in the municipality is 20. There is one city and 19 villages. According to the 2021 North Macedonia census, the population of the municipality is 84,770.^[4] Ethnic groups in the municipality include:

	2002		2021
	Number	%	Number	%
TOTAL	86,580	100	84,770	100
Albanians	60,886	70.32	60,460	71.32
Macedonians	20,053	23.16	15,529	18.32
Roma	2,357	2.73	1,885	2.22
Turks	1,882	2.17	1,746	2.06
Serbs	604	0.7	256	0.3
Bosniaks	156	0.18	189	0.22
Vlachs	15	0.01	11	0.01
Other / Undeclared / Unknown	627	0.73	326	0.4
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources			4,368	5.15
Source: Census 2021 - first dataset State Statistical Office of North Macedonia

Inhabited places

There are 20 inhabited places in this municipality.

Inhabited Places	Total	Macedonians	Albanians	Turks	Roma	Vlachs	Serbs	Bosniaks	Others
Tetovo Municipality	84,770	15,529	60,460	1,746	1,885	11	256	189	4,705
Bozovce	174	-	137	-	-	-	-	-	37
Brodec	734	-	651	-	-	-	-	-	83
Džepčište	3.338	33	3.198	1	-	1	-	-	105
Fališe	612	552	37	1	-	-	5	-	18
Gajre	633	-	607	-	-	-	-	-	26
Ǵermo	569	-	538	-	-	-	-	-	31
Golema Rečica	3.603	1	3.422	-	-	-	-	-	181
Jedoarce	16	5	11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lavce	313	-	311	-	-	-	-	-	2
Lisec	384	5	340	-	-	-	-	-	39
Mala Rečica	2.468	1	2.337	-	-	-	-	-	130
Otunje	3	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Poroj	2.653	2	2.558	-	-	-	-	1	92
Saraḱino	1.153	791	277	-	8	-	2	-	72
Selce	2.239	-	2.149	-	-	-	-	-	90
Setole	22	19	3	-	-	-	1	-	-
Šipkovica	1.540	-	1.483	-	-	-	-	-	57
Tetovo	63.176	14.116	41.356	1.745	1.877	10	248	188	3.616
Vejce	848	2	804	-	-	-	-	-	42
Vešala	291	-	241	-	-	-	-	-	50

Historical photographs from Tetovo

1930
The peak of Ljuboten, Šar Mountains, 1931
1936
1939
Šarena Džamija, 1930's
1943

References

^ 2002 census results in English and Macedonian (PDF)
^ "Komunat shqiptare në Maqedoni anulojnë kremtimet për festat e nëntorit" (in Albanian). Gazeta Express. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
^ "Maqedonia e Veriut jep 100 mijë Euro për Shqipërinë" (in Albanian). TV Klan. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
^ "Попис на населението, домаќинствата и становите во Република Северна Македонија, 2021 - прв сет на податоци" (PDF). stat.gov.mk. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

External links

42°00′00″N 20°58′00″E / 42.0000°N 20.9667°E / 42.0000; 20.9667

[1] 2002 census results in English and Macedonian (PDF)

[GazetaExpressmac-2] "Komunat shqiptare në Maqedoni anulojnë kremtimet për festat e nëntorit" (in Albanian). Gazeta Express. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.

[TVKlan-3] "Maqedonia e Veriut jep 100 mijë Euro për Shqipërinë" (in Albanian). TV Klan. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.

[4] "Попис на населението, домаќинствата и становите во Република Северна Македонија, 2021 - прв сет на податоци" (PDF). stat.gov.mk. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

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v t e Villages in Tetovo Municipality
Seat:	Tetovo
Village(s):	Bozovce Brodec Džepčište Fališe Gajre Ǵermo Golema Rečica Jedoarce Lavce Lisec Mala Rečica Otunje Poroj Saraḱino Selce Setole Šipkovica Vejce Vešala

v t e Municipalities of North Macedonia
Eastern	Berovo Češinovo-Obleševo Delčevo Karbinci Kočani Makedonska Kamenica Pehčevo Probištip Štip Vinica Zrnovci
Northeastern	Kratovo Kriva Palanka Kumanovo Lipkovo Rankovce Staro Nagoričane
Pelagonia	Bitola Demir Hisar Dolneni Krivogaštani Kruševo Mogila Novaci Prilep Resen
Polog	Bogovinje Brvenica Gostivar Jegunovce Mavrovo and Rostuša Tearce Tetovo Vrapčište Želino
Skopje	Aračinovo Čučer-Sandevo Ilinden Petrovec Sopište Studeničani Zelenikovo
Southeastern	Bogdanci Bosilovo Dojran Gevgelija Konče Novo Selo Radoviš Strumica Valandovo Vasilevo
Southwestern	Centar Župa Debar Debarca Kičevo Makedonski Brod Ohrid Plasnica Struga Vevčani
Vardar	Čaška Demir Kapija Gradsko Kavadarci Lozovo Negotino Rosoman Sveti Nikole Veles
City of Skopje	Aerodrom Butel Čair Centar Gazi Baba Ǵorče Petrov Karpoš Kisela Voda Saraj Šuto Orizari
Former	Bač Belčišta Bistrica Blatec Bogomila Capari Čegrane Češinovo Delogoždi Dobruševo Dolna Banjica Drugovo Džepčište Izvor Kamenjane Klečovce Kondovo Konopište Kosel Kukliš Kukurečani Labuništa Lukovo Mavrovi Anovi Mešeišta Miravci Murtuno Negotino-Pološko Obleševo Orašac Orizari Oslomej Podareš Rostuša Samokov Šipkovica Sopotnica Srbinovo Staravina Topolčani Velešta Vraneštica Vitolište Vratnica Vrutok Zajas Žitoše Zletovo

v t e Municipalities of North Macedonia with an Albanian majority
Aračinovo (Haraçinë) Bogovinje (Bogovinë) Brvenica (Bërvenicë) Čaška (Çashkë) Čair (Çair) Debar (Dibër) Gostivar (Gostivar) Lipkovo (Likovë) Saraj (Saraj) Struga (Strugë) Studeničani (Studeniçan) Tearce (Tearcë) Tetovo (Tetovë) Vrapčište (Vrapçisht) Želino (Zhelinë)
The municipality names in italics have an Albanian population of over 50% but below 60%. Names in brackets are Albanian equivalents of the Macedonian names.