Struga Municipality

Municipality of Struga Општина Струга Komuna e Strugës
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Macedonia
Region	Southwestern Statistical Region
Municipal seat	Struga
Government
• Mayor	Ziadin Sela (MR-DPA)
Area
• Total	483 km^2 (186 sq mi)
Population
• Total	63,376
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)

Municipality of Struga (Macedonian: Општина Струга; Opština Struga, Albanian: Komuna e Strugës) is a municipality in western Republic of Macedonia. Struga is also the name of the town where the municipal seat is found. Struga Municipality is part of the Southwestern Statistical Region.

Geography

The municipality borders Lake Ohrid to the south, Debarca Municipality to the east, Centar Župa Municipality to the north, and Vevčani Municipality and Albania to the west.

Inhabited places

The only town in the municipality is Struga. Besides Struga, there are additional 50 villages: Bezovo, Bidževo, Bogovica, Brčevo, Burinec, Delogoždi, Draslajca, Lower Belica, Dolno Tateši, Drbovjani, Drenok, Džepin, Frngovo, Globočica, Upper Belica, Upper Tateši, Jablanica, Kališta, Korošišta, Labuništa, Lakaica, Livada, Lokov, Ložani, Lukovo, Mali Vlaj, Misleševo, Mislodežda, Modrič, Moroišta, Nerezi, Novo Selo, Oktisi, Piskupština, Podgorci, Poum, Prisovjani, Radolišta, Radožda, Ržanovo, Selci, Šum, Tašmaruništa, Toska, Velešta, Višni, Vraništa, Zagračani and Zbaždi.

Demographics

Municipality of Struga after 2004

According to the last national census from 2002 this municipality has 63,376 inhabitants:^[1] Ethnic groups in the municipality include:

ethnic group population % Albanians 36,029 56.8 Macedonians 20,336 32 Turks 3,628 5.7 Vlachs 655 1 Roma 116 0.1 Serbs 107 0.1 Bosniaks 103 0.1 others 2,402 3.7 In the municipality there is a large number of Macedonian Muslims, who declared as Macedonians, Albanians or Turks.

The mother tongues of the population, according to the 2002 census, are:[2] language speakers % Albanian 32,225 50.8 Macedonian 29,135 45.9 Turkish 989 1.5 Vlach 344 0.5 Serbian 87 0.1 Romani 64 0.1 Bosnian 15 0.02 others 517 0.8

According to the 2002 census, the religions practiced the municipality are:[2] religion adherents % Muslims 42,867 67.6 Orthodox Christians 19,764 31.1 Catholics 35 0.05 Protestants 1 0.001 others 709 1.1

Municipality of Struga before 2004

After 2004 the municipalities of Delogoždi, Velešta i Labuništa merged with Struga Municipality due to political reasons and the demographics changed. Before that, the demographics of the municipality was:

Ethnic groups. [2] ethnic group population % Macedonians 17,686 47.9 Albanians 15,324 41.5 Turks 2,008 5.4 Vlachs 647 1.7 Romani 112 0.3 Serbs 100 0.2 Bosniaks 31 0.08 others 984 2.6

Languages [2] language speakers % Macedonian 19,939 54 Albanian 15,408 41.7 Turkish 885 2.3 Vlach 343 0.9 Serbian 75 0.2 Romani 64 0.1 Bosnian 13 0.03 others 165 0.4

Religion [2] Religion Followers % Muslims 18,967 51.4 Orthodox Christians 17,515 47.4 Catholics 30 0.08 others 380 1.03

References

1. 2002 census results in English and Macedonian (PDF)
2. Macedonian census 2002: ethnicity, religion and mother tongue

External links

• Official website
• Struga Tourism Portal

Coordinates: 41°11′N 20°41′E / 41.18°N 20.68°E