Debar municipality
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Debar municipality Општина Дебар Komuna e Dibrës |
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Debar (Macedonian: Дебар, Albanian: Dibra Turkish:Debre-i Bala) is a municipality in western Republic of Macedonia. Debar is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Debar municipality is part of Southwestern statistical region.
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[edit] Geography
The municipality borders Mavrovo and Rostuša municipality in the north-east, Drugovo municipality in the south-east, Centar Župa municipality in the south, and Albania in the west.
[edit] Demographics
According to the last National census from 2002 this municipality has 19,542 inhabitants.
Ethnic groups in the municipality include:
- Albanians = 11,348
- Macedonians = 3,911
- Turks = 2,684
- Roma = 1,080
- others.