Makedonski Brod municipality

Infobox Municipality in the Republic of Macedonia
municipality_name=Makedonski Brod municipality
municipality_name_mkd=Општина Македонски Брод
population=7,141
density=8,03
status=Urban municipality
area_code=045
mayor=Milosim Vojneski
car_plates=
website=www.MBrod.gov.mk/
municipality_location=MKD_muni_nonn(Makedonski_Brod).png coa_pic=
flag_pic=
municipality_center=Makedonski Brod
postal_code=6530
area=888.97

Makedonski Brod ( _mk. Македонски Брод) is a municipality in eastern Republic of Macedonia, named after the town of Makedonski Brod, where the municipal seat is located. Makedonski Brod municipality is part of Southwestern statistical region.

Geography

The municipality borders Želino municipality and Brvenica in the north, Studeničani and Sopište in the northeast, Čaška and Dolneni in the southeast, Kruševo and Vraneštica in the south, Plasnica and Oslomej in the southwest and Gostivar in the northwest.

Demographics

By the August 2004 territorial division of Macedonia, the rural Samokov municipality was attached to Makedonski Brod municipality, which then totaled 7,141 inhabitants. [State Statistical Office: PDF| [http://www.stat.gov.mk/pdf/kniga_13.pdf Total population, households and dwellings according to the territorial organization of the Republic of Macedonia, 2004] |384 KiB , Skopje, May 2005.
Table 1: Total population, households and dwellings in the Republic of Macedonia (page 21).] Before the merge, the municipality of Makedonski Brod had 5,517 inhabitants in 1994 and 5,558 in 2002.fact|date=November 2007 Samokov municipality had 2,057 inhabitants in 1994 and 1,553 in 2002.fact|date=November 2007

Ethnic groups in the municipality (2002 census) [State Statistical Office: PDF| [http://www.stat.gov.mk/pdf/kniga_13.pdf Total population, households and dwellings according to the territorial organization of the Republic of Macedonia, 2004] |384 KiB , Skopje, May 2005.
Table 3: Total population of the Republic of Macedonia according to ethnic affiliation (page 35).] :
*Macedonians: 6,927
*Turks: 181
*Serbs: 22
*Roma: 3
*Bosniaks: 1
*Others: 7.

Inhabited places

ee also

* Makedonski Brod
* Republic of Macedonia
* Municipalities of the Republic of Macedonia

References

External links

* [http://www.mbrod.gov.mk Official site of Makedonski Brod municipality]
* [http://mls.gov.mk/default.asp?id=teritorial&section=2&item=21 Makedonski Brod municipality on the site of the Macedonian ministry for local self-government]

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