Struga municipality

Infobox Municipality in the Republic of Macedonia
municipality_name=Struga municipality
municipality_name_mkd=Општина Струга
Komuna e Strugës
population=63,376
density=
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mayor=
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municipality_location=MKD_muni_nonn(Struga).png coa_pic=Strushki_grb.png coa_px=80
flag_pic=Strushko_zname.png flag_px=100
municipality_center=Struga
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Struga (Macedonian: Струга ("Struga"), Albanian: "Strugë") is a municipality in western Republic of Macedonia. "Struga" is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Struga municipality is part of Southwestern statistical region.

Geography

The municipality borders Lake Ohrid in the south, Debarca municipality in the east, Centar Župa municipality in the north, and Vevčani municipality and Albania in the west.

Demographics

According to the last National census from 2002 this municipality has 63,376 inhabitants. ref|census

Ethnic groups in the municipality include:
*Albanians = 36,029
*Macedonians = 20,336
*Turks = 3,628
*others.

Notes

# [http://msed.stat.gov.mk/msed.nsf/cd549cc3f96284dbc1256f2b0026e546/5db5887c1be3440ac1256f3900547f34/$FILE/I1%20Population%2015%20C2002%20123.pdf Macedonian census data of 2002] ]

ee also

* Struga
* Republic of Macedonia
* Municipalities of the Republic of Macedonia

External links

* [http://www.struga.gov.mk/ Official Site]
* [http://www.visitstruga.com.mk/ Tourism Portal visitstruga]
* [http://www.makedonija.name/municipalities.php?page=struga Struga municipality on a Macedonian general information Site]