Gostivar Municipality

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Municipality of Gostivar Општина Гостивар Komuna e Gostivarit
Municipality

region	Polog Statistical Region
Municipal seat	Gostivar
Government
• Mayor	Alihajdar Gashi
Population
• Total	81,042
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)

Gostivar (Macedonian: Гостивар [ˈɡɔstivar] ( listen); Albanian: Gostivari, Turkish: Gostivar) is a municipality in western part of Republic of Macedonia. Gostivar is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Gostivar Municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.

Geography

The municipality borders the Mavrovo and Rostuša, Zajas and Oslomej municipalities to the south, Makedonski Brod Municipality to the east, Brvenica and Vrapčište municipalities to the north, and Albania and Kosovo to the west.

According to the last national census from 2002 this municipality has 81,042 inhabitants.^[1]

Ethnic groups in the municipality include:

Albanians = 54,038 (66.7%)
Macedonians = 15,877 (19.6%)
Turks = 7,991 (9.9%)
Roma = 2,237 (2.8%)
others.

v t e Municipalities of the Republic of Macedonia

Municipalities	Aračinovo Berovo Bitola Bogdanci Bogovinje Bosilovo Brvenica Čaška Češinovo-Obleševo Centar Župa Čučer-Sandevo Debar Debarca Delčevo Demir Hisar Demir Kapija Dojran Dolneni Gevgelija Gostivar Gradsko Ilinden Jegunovce Karbinci Kavadarci Kičevo Kočani Konče Kratovo Kriva Palanka Krivogaštani Kruševo Kumanovo Lipkovo Lozovo Makedonska Kamenica Makedonski Brod Mavrovo and Rostuša Mogila Negotino Novaci Novo Selo Ohrid Pehčevo Petrovec Plasnica Prilep Probištip Radoviš Rankovce Resen Rosoman Sopište Staro Nagoričane Štip Struga Strumica Studeničani Sveti Nikole Tearce Tetovo Valandovo Vasilevo Veles Vevčani Vinica Vrapčište Zelenikovo Želino Zrnovci

Greater Skopje	Aerodrom Butel Čair Centar Gazi Baba Gjorče Petrov Kisela Voda Karpoš Saraj Šuto Orizari

Former	Bač Belčišta Bistrica Blatec Bogomila Capari Čegrane Češinovo Delogoždi Dobruševo Dolna Banjica Drugovo Džepčište Izvor Kamenjane Klečovce Kondovo Konopište Kosel Kukliš Kukurečani Labuništa Lukovo Mavrovi Anovi Mešeišta Miravci Murtuno Negotino-Pološko Obleševo Orašac Orizari Oslomej Podareš Rostuša Samokov Šipkovica Sopotnica Srbinovo Staravina Topolčani Velešta Vraneštica Vitolište Vratnica Vrutok Zajas Žitoše Zletovo

v t e Municipalities of the Republic of Macedonia with an Albanian majority

	Aračinovo (Haraçina) Bogovinje (Bogovinë) Brvenica (Brevincë) Čair (Çair) Debar (Dibër) Gostivar (Gostivari) Kičevo (Kërçovë) Lipkovo (Likova) Saraj (Saraj) Struga (Strugë) Studeničani (Studeniçani) Tearce (Tearca) Tetovo (Tetovë) Vrapčište (Vrapçishti) Želino (Zhelina)

The municipality names in italics have an Albanian population of over 50% but below 60%. Names in brackets are Albanian equivalents of the Macedonian names.

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