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Village in Northeastern, North Macedonia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lipkovo (Macedonian: , Albanian: Likovë) is a village in North Macedonia. It is the seat of Lipkovo Municipality.
Lipkovo
Липково Likovë | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 42°09′N 21°35′E | |
Country | North Macedonia |
Region | Northeastern |
Municipality | Lipkovo |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 2,138 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Car plates | KU |
Website | . |
According to the statistics of the Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900, 490 inhabitants lived in Lipkovo, 250 Muslim Albanians and 240 Bulgarian Exarchists.[1]
Lipkovo was a central strategic village during the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia between the Albanian NLA and the Macedonian Army. The Lipkovo crisis took place here during the conflict, which was an NLA victory. Today, it has a dam which supplies water and electricity to the Kumanovo region.
As of the 2021 census, Lipkovo had 2,138 residents with the following ethnic composition:[2]
According to the 2002 census, the town had a total of 2644 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
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