Aračinovo Municipality ( mk, Арачиново , sq, Komuna e Haraçinës) is a municipality in the northern part of

Republic of North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...

. '' Aračinovo'' is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. The municipality is located in the

Skopje Statistical Region The Skopje Statistical Region ( mk, Скопски Регион; Albanian: Rajoni i Shkupit) is one of eight Statistical regions of North Macedonia. Skopje, located in the north of the country, borders Kosovo to the north. Internally, it border ...

Geography

Aračinovo Municipality borders with

Lipkovo Municipality Lipkovo ( mk, , sq, Likovë) is a municipality in the north part of North Macedonia. ''Lipkovo (village), Lipkovo'' is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. Lipkovo Municipality is part of the Northeastern Statistical ...

to the north, the

City of Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...

to the west,

Petrovec Municipality The Municipality of Petrovec ( mk, Петровец, ''Petrovec''; sq, Ibrahimovë) is a municipality in northern North Macedonia, near the capital Skopje. '' Petrovec'' is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. It is lo ...

to the south and

Kumanovo Municipality Kumanovo ( mk, Куманово ; ) is a municipality located in the northern part of North Macedonia. ''Kumanovo'' is also the name of the city where the municipal seat is found. Kumanovo Municipality is part of the Northeastern Statistical Reg ...

to the east. The municipality is

rural In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are descri ...

, meaning that all the inhabited places within it are

villages A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

. The number of the inhabited places in Aračinovo Municipality is 5.

Demographics

The 1994 national census recorded 9,960 inhabitants, while the last national census of 2021 recorded 12,676 inhabitants. The ethnic structure of the municipality in 2021 was: 12,353 (97.45%) Albanians and 2.55% others.

Inhabited places

There are 4 inhabited places in this municipality.

References

External links

Official website
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