Southwestern Statistical Region

The Southwestern Statistical Region is one of eight arbitrary statistical regions in the Republic of Macedonia. Southwestern, located in the west and southwestern part of the country, borders Albania to the west. Internally, it borders the Pelagonia, Polog, Skopje, and Vardar statistical regions.

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Municipalities

Southwestern statistical region is divided into 13 municipalities:

Demographics

Population

The current population of the Southwestern statistical region is 221,546 citizens, according to the last population census in 2002.

Census Year Population Change
1994 211,046 N/A
2002 221,546 +5.0%

Ethnicities

The largest group in the region is the Macedonians, followed by Albanians. Turks also account for a small population.

Number %
TOTAL 221,546 100
Macedonians 107,387 48.5
Albanians 81,863 36.9
Turks 21,431 9.7
Romany 2,826 1.3
others 8,039 3.6