Debarca Municipality

Debarca municipality Општина Дебарца
Rural municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Southwestern
Municipal seat	Belčišta
Government
• Mayor	Zoran Nogačeski (Independent)[1]
Area
• Total	425.39 km^2 (164.24 sq mi)
Population
• Total	3,719
• Density	12.95/km^2 (33.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Area code	046
Website	Official

Debarca (Macedonian: Дебарца^ⓘ) is a municipality in the Southwestern Statistical Region of North Macedonia. The village of Belčišta is the municipal seat. It is the municipality in which Ohrid "St. Paul the Apostle" Airport is located, the second of two international airports in the county.

Geography

The municipality borders Kičevo Municipality to the northeast, Demir Hisar Municipality to the east, Ohrid Municipality to the south, and Struga Municipality to the west.

The municipality encompasses the Debarca Valley, part of the Sateska River watershed that flows into Lake Ohrid and belongs to the Lake Ohrid Drainage Basin.

The majority of the villages are nestled between the Karaorman Mountain in the west and Ilinska Mountain in the east.

Demographics

The municipality consists of 30 villages. According to the 2021 North Macedonia census, this municipality has 3,719 inhabitants.[2]

	2002		2021
	Number	%	Number	%
TOTAL	5,507	100	3,719	100
Macedonians	5,324	96.68	3,330	89.54
Albanians	153	2.78	59	1.59
Bosniaks			3	0.08
Turks	2	0.04	2	0.05
Serbs	8	0.15	1	0.03
Vlachs	1	0.01
Other / Undeclared / Unknown	19	0.34	8	0.21
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources			316	8.5

References

1. Local Elections 2021 – Mayor of Debarca. State Election Commission.
2. "Попис на населението, домаќинствата и становите во Република Северна Македонија, 2021 - прв сет на податоци" (PDF). stat.gov.mk. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

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