Gostivar municipality
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| Gostivar municipality Општина Гостивар Komuna e Gostivarit |
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Gostivar (Macedonian: Гостивар, Albanian: Gostivari) is a municipality in western Republic of Macedonia. Gostivar is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Gostivar municipality is part of Polog statistical region.
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[edit] Geography
The municipality borders Mavrovo i Rostuša, Zajas and Oslomej municipality in the south, Makedonski Brod municipality in the east, Brvenica and Vrapčište municipality in the north, and Albania and Serbia in the west.
[edit] Demographics
According to the last National census from 2002 this municipality has 81,042 inhabitants.
Ethnic groups in the municipality include:
- Albanians = 54,038
- Macedonians = 15,877
- Turks = 7,991
- Roma = 2,237
- others.
