Municipality of Aračinovo

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Aračinovo Municipality
Општина Арачиново
Komuna e Haraçinës
Rural municipality

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Coat of arms
region Skopje Statistical Region
Municipal seat Aračinovo
Government
  mayor Bastri Bajrami
Area
  Total 31.3 km2 (12.1 sq mi)
Population
  Total 11,597
  Density 370.51/km2 (959.6/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
Area code(s) 02
car plates SK

Aračinovo Municipality (Macedonian: Општина Арачиново [araˈtʃinɔvɔ] ( ), Albanian: Haraçina) is a municipality in northern part of Republic of Macedonia. Aračinovo is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. The municipality is located in the Skopje Statistical Region.

Geography

Aračinovo Municipality borders with Lipkovo Municipality to the north, the City of Skopje to the west, Petrovec Municipality to the south and Kumanovo Municipality to the east.

Demographics

The 1994 national census recorded 9,960 inhabitants, while the last national census of 2002 recorded 11,597 inhabitants.[1]

The ethnic structure of the municipality is the following: 10,879 (93.8%) are Albanians, 596 (5.1%) are Macedonians, and 1.1% other.

Demographics of Aračinovo Municipality
Census year Population

1994 9,960

2002 11,992

Inhabited places

The municipality is rural, meaning that all the inhabited places within it are villages. The number of the inhabited places in Aračinovo Municipality is 4.

Inhabited places in Aračinovo Municipality
village(s): Aračinovo | Grušino | Mojanci | Orlanci

References

  1. 2002 census results in English and Macedonian (PDF)

Coordinates: 42°02′N 21°34′E / 42.04°N 21.57°E / 42.04; 21.57

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