Plasnica Municipality

Plasnica Municipality Општина Пласница Plasniça Belediyesi
Municipality
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Country	North Macedonia
Region	Southwestern
Municipal seat	Plasnica
Government
• Mayor	Ismail Jahoski (DUI)
Area
• Total	54.44 km^2 (21.02 sq mi)
Population
• Total	4,222
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Official language(s)	Macedonian, Turkish

Plasnica (Macedonian: Пласница^ⓘ, Turkish: Plasniça) is a municipality in western North Macedonia. Plasnica is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Plasnica Municipality is part of the Southwestern Statistical Region. It is particularly noteworthy in having a mostly ethnic Turkish population.

Geography

The municipality borders Makedonski Brod Municipality to the northeast, Kruševo Municipality to the southeast, Kičevo Municipality to the southwest, west and northwest.

Demographics

According to the 2021 North Macedonia census, this municipality has 4,222 inhabitants.[1]

	2002		2021
	Number	%	Number	%
TOTAL	4,545	100	4,222	100
Turks	4,446	97.82	4,101	97.13
Albanians	20	0.44	13	0.31
Macedonians	34	0.75	9	0.22
Bosniaks			1	0.02
Other / Undeclared / Unknown	45	0.99	1	0.02
Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources			97	2.3

References

1. "Попис на населението, домаќинствата и становите во Република Северна Македонија, 2021 - прв сет на податоци" (PDF). stat.gov.mk. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

External links

• Official website

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