Kičevo Municipality

Kičevo Municipality (Macedonian: Кичево; Albanian: Kërçovë) is a municipality in the western part of North Macedonia. The municipal seat is the city of Kičevo. Kičevo Municipality is located in the Southwestern Statistical Region.

Municipality of Kičevo Општина Кичево Komuna e Kërçovës
Urban municipality
Coat of arms
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Southwestern
Municipal seat	Kičevo
Government
• Mayor	Fatmir Dehari (DUI)
Area
• Total	838 km2 (324 sq mi)
Population
• Total	39,669
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Car plates	KI
Website	Official website

Geography

The municipality borders Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality to the northwest, Debar Municipality to the west, Gostivar Municipality to the north, Makedonski Brod and Plasnica municipalities to the east, Demir Hisar Municipality to the south, and Debarca Municipality to the southwest.

Demographics

Prior to 2013 adjustment

According to the last national census from 2002 the municipality, prior to territorial adjustments in 2013, had 30,138 inhabitants.^[1] Ethnic groups in the municipality included:

• Macedonians = 16,140 (53.6%)
• Albanians = 9,202 (30.5%)
• Turks = 2,430 (8.1%)
• Roma = 1,630 (5.4%)
• others.

Post-2013

Following the territorial adjustments in March 2013, the municipalities of Drugovo, Vraneštica, Zajas and Oslomej have been combined with Kičevo Municipality.^[2] Ethnic groups in the larger Kičevo Municipality, according to the 2002 and 2021 censuses^[3][4] include:

	2002		2021
	Number	%	Number	%
TOTAL	56,734	100	39,669	100
Albanians	30,927	54.51	16,373	41.26
Macedonians	20,278	35.74	16,020	40.38
Turks	2,998	5.28	2,553	6.44
Roma	1,631	2.87	2,003	5.07
Other / Undeclared / Unknown	900	1.59	315	0.79
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources			2,405	6.06

Mother tongues among the residents of Kičevo Municipality include:

• Macedonian: 18,520 (46.7%)
• Albanian: 16,351 (41.2%)
• Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources: 2,405 (6.1%)
• Turkish: 1,905 (4.8%)
• Romani: 375 (1.0%)
• Others: 113 (0.3%)

History

On 26 November 2019, an earthquake struck Albania and Kičevo Municipality sent €12,000 for relief efforts.^[5]

References

1. 2002 census results in English and Macedonian (PDF)
2. Macedonian territorial organisation of 2013
3. 2002 census results in English and Macedonian (PDF)
4. "Попис на населението, домаќинствата и становите во Република Северна Македонија, 2021 - прв сет на податоци" (PDF). stat.gov.mk. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
5. "Komunat shqiptare në Maqedoni anulojnë kremtimet për festat e nëntorit" (in Albanian). Gazeta Express. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.

External links

• Official website
• Portal Kicevo

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