Štip municipality

Infobox Municipality in the Republic of Macedonia
municipality_name=Štip municipality
municipality_name_mkd=Општина Штип
population=47,796
density=81,95
status=Urban municipality
area_code=032
mayor=Pande Sarev
car_plates=ŠT
website=www.Stip.gov.mk
municipality_location=MKD_muni_nonn(Shtip).png coa_pic=MMCA(Shtip).png flag_pic=
municipality_center=Štip
postal_code=2000
area=583,24

Štip (Macedonian: Штип) is a municipality in eastern Republic of Macedonia. "Štip" is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. This municipality is part of Eastern statistical region.

Geography

The borders of the municipality expand on a territory of 583.24 km². Through the municipality runs the river Bregalnica.

The municipality borders Probištip municipality and Sveti Nikole in the north, Radoviš and Karbinci in the east, Lozovo and Gradsko in the west and Negotino and Konče municipality in the south.

Demographics

At the census of 2002 the municipality had 47,796 residents. At the census taken in 1994 the number of inhabitants was 46,372. Most of them live in the municipality center Štip , approximately 40,000, the others live in the villages.

Ethnic groups in the municipality (2002 census):
*Macedonians = 41,670
*Roma = 2,195
*Vlachs = 2,074
*Turks = 1,272
*others.

Inhabited places

The number of the inhabited places in the municipality is 44.

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Notes

# [http://www.stat.gov.mk/pdf/kniga_13.pdf 2002 census results in English and Macedonian (PDF)]

ee also

* Štip
* Republic of Macedonia
* Municipalities of the Republic of Macedonia

External links

* [http://www.stip.gov.mk Official site of Štip municipality]
* [http://mls.gov.mk/default.asp?id=teritorial&section=2&item=33 Štip municipality on the site of the Macedonian ministry for local self-government]
* [http://www.makedonija.name/municipalities.php?page=stip Štip municipality on a Meceodonian general information Site]

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