Zajas Municipality
Former municipality of North Macedonia
Municipality in Southwestern Statistical Region, North Macedonia
Zajas municipality Општина Зајас Komuna e Zajazit | |
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Municipality | |
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Country | North Macedonia |
region | Southwestern Statistical Region |
Municipal seat | Zajas |
Population | |
• Total | 11,605 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Split from | Kičevo Municipality in 1996 |
Merged into | Kičevo Municipality in 2013 |
Zajas (Macedonian: Зајасⓘ, Albanian: Zajaz) is a former municipality in western North Macedonia, created in the 1996 territorial organisation, dissolved following 2013 Macedonian new territorial organisation after it was merged with Kičevo Municipality.[1]
- Zajas is also the name of the village where the municipal seat was found.
- Zajas Municipality was part of the Southwestern Statistical Region.
Geography
The municipality bordered
- Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality to the west,
- Gostivar Municipality to the northeast,
- Oslomej Municipality to the east,
- Kičevo Municipality to the southeast, and
- Drugovo Municipality to the southwest.
Demographics
According to the last national census from 2002, this municipality has 11,605 inhabitants.[2]
- Ethnic groups in the municipality include:
- Albanians = 11,308 (97.4%)
- Macedonians = 211 (1.8%)
- others = 86 (0.7%)
The total number of students in the municipality in 2011, in comparison to the total number of students in 2007, declined for 35.5%. Zajas is the second municipality in North Macedonia by the decline of the total number of students.[3]
References
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