The Polog Statistical Region (; ) is one of eight statistical regions of the Republic of North Macedonia. Polog, located in the northwestern part of the country, borders

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and

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. Internally, it borders the Southwestern and

Skopje Skopje ( , ; ; , sq-definite, Shkupi) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It lies in the northern part of the country, in the Skopje Basin, Skopje Valley along the Vardar River, and is the political, economic, and cultura ...

statistical regions.

Municipalities

Polog is divided into 9 municipalities: * Bogovinje * Coat of arms of Municipality of Brvenica

Brvenica * Coat of arms of Gostivar Municipality

Gostivar Gostivar ( ; sq-definite, Gostivari) is a city in North Macedonia, located in the upper Polog valley region. It is the seat of one of the larger municipalities in the country with a population of 59,770, and the town also covers . Gostivar has ...

* Jegunovce * Mavrovo and Rostuša * Tearce * Tetovo-grb

Tetovo Tetovo (, ; , sq-definite, Tetova) is a city in the northwestern part of North Macedonia, built on the foothills of Šar Mountain and divided by the Pena (river), Pena River. The municipality of Tetovo covers an area of at above sea level, wit ...

* Vrapčište * Želino

Demographics

Ethnic groups in the Polog Region of North Macedonia en

Population

The current population of the Polog statistical region is 304,125 citizens, according to the last population census in 2002.

Ethnicities

The largest ethnic group in the region are the

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(68.91%) followed by the Macedonians (17.21%), Turks (6.04%), Roma (1.7%).

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