Aračinovo Municipality (Macedonian: Арачиново [araˈtʃinɔvɔ] (listen), Albanian: Komuna e Haraçinës) is a municipality in the northern part of Republic of North Macedonia. Aračinovo is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. The municipality is located in the Skopje Statistical Region.
Aračinovo Municipality
Општина Арачиново Komuna e Haraçinës | |
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Rural municipality | |
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Municipal seat | Aračinovo |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ridvan Ibraimi (DUI) |
Area | |
• Total | 31.3 km2 (12.1 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 12,676 |
• Density | 370.51/km2 (959.6/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Area code | 02 |
car plates | SK |
Website | Official Website |
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. The municipality is rural, meaning that all the inhabited places within it are villages. The number of the inhabited places in Aračinovo Municipality is 5.
The 1994 national census recorded 9,960 inhabitants, while the last national census of 2021 recorded 12,676 inhabitants.
The ethnic structure of the municipality in 2021 was: 12,353 (97.45%) Albanians and 2.55% others.
Demographics of Aračinovo Municipality | ||
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Census year | Population | |
1994 | 9,960 | |
2002 | 11,992 | |
2002 | 2021 | |||
Number | % | Number | % | |
TOTAL | 11,597 | 100 | 12,676 | 100 |
Albanians | 10,879 | 93.8 | 12,353 | 97.45 |
Macedonians | 596 | 5.1 | 7 | 0.06 |
Others | 122 | 1.1 | 6 | 0.05 |
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources | n/a | n/a | 310 | 2.45 |
Villages in Aračinovo Municipality | |
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Pelagonia | ||
Polog | ||
Skopje | ||
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City of Skopje |
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Municipalities of North Macedonia with an Albanian majority | |
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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. |